Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 9:24
Help thou mine unbelief — Although my faith be so small, that it might rather be termed unbelief, yet help me.
Help thou mine unbelief — Although my faith be so small, that it might rather be termed unbelief, yet help me.
MARK 9:24 paidi,ou {A} The presence of the words meta. dakru,wn in the later manuscripts reflects a natural heightening of the narrative introduced by copyists and correctors (cf. corrections in A an...
Verse 24. _LORD, I BELIEVE_] The word _Lord_ is omitted by ABCDL, both the _Syriac_, both the _Arabic_ later _Persic, AEthiopic, Gothic_, and three copies of the _Itala. Griesbach_ leaves it out. The...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:14. Mark 9:14 QUESTIONING WITH THEM - Debating with the disciples, and attempting to confound them. This he saw as he came down from the mount. I...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Glory to Come foreshadowed in the Transfiguration. (Mark 9:1 .Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28 .)_ 2. The helpless disciples and the secret of failure. ...
THE HEALING OF THE DEMONIAC BOY. This story is told in greater detail by Mk. than by Mt. or Lk., who omit the conversation between Jesus and the boy's father (Mark 9:20). Perhaps they wished to avoid...
WHEN THE KING COMES INTO HIS OWN (Mark 8:38 ; Mark 9:1) 9:1 "Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he com...
"O faithless generation!" Jesus answered. "How long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear you? Bring him to me!" They brought him to Jesus. When he saw Jesus, the spirit immediately sent the boy...
THE CHILD. Greek. _paidion._ App-108. CRIED OUT. Inarticulate. AND SAID. began to say. Articulate. LORD. App-98. B. a....
24. [1956][1957][1958][1959][1960][1961][1962][1963] omit μετὰ δακρύων, and [1964][1965][1966][1967][1968][1969][1970] omit Κύριε. [1956] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859...
14–29. CURE OF A DEMONIAC BOY Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43...
Ver 14. And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them, and the Scribes questioning with them. 15. And straightway all the people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed, an...
_WHAT DOES BELIEF LOOK LIKE? -- MARK 9:14-29:_ Coming down from the mountain Jesus was confronted with confusion and sadness among his disciples and other. The disciples had been unable to help a demo...
ΚΡΆΞΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) кричать, выкрикивать, ΈΛΕΓΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004), _см._ Mark 9:1. ΒΟΉΘΕΙ _praes. imper. act., см._ Mark 9:22. _Praes. imper._ может считаться...
THE SPIRIT TARE HIM— _Cast him into convulsions._ Doubtless Jesus could easily have prevented this attack; but he wisely permitted it, that the minds of the spectators might be impressed with a more l...
_SUMMARY 8:14 TO 9:50_ The two miracles recorded in the preceding sectionthe cure of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), and the casting out of the obstinate demon (Mark 9:14-29)are additional...
11. HEALING THE EPILEPTIC BOY 9:14-29 _TEXT 9:14-29_ And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. And straight-way all the multitude,...
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. AND STRAIGHTWAY THE FATHER OF THE CHILD CRIED OUT, AND SAID WITH TEARS, LORD, I BELIE...
1 Compare Mat_16:28; Luk_9:27; 2Pe_1:16-18. 1 It is most fitting that the kingdom proclamation should close with a demonstration of its glory and power. It should have come immediately and for all, ye...
AN EPILEPTIC HEALED (Matthew 17:14; Luke 9:37). See on Mt....
THE TRANSFIGURATION. AN EPILEPTIC HEALED. PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH 2-8. The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 9 JESUS WITH MOSES AND ELIJAH VERSES 1-10 Before Jesus began his work for God, Jes...
CHAPTER 9:14-29 (MARK 9:14) THE DEMONIAC BOY "And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the multitude, when th...
κράξας : eager, fear-stricken cry; making the most of his little faith, to ensure the benefit, and adding a prayer for increase of faith (βοήθει, etc.) with the idea that it would help to make the cur...
_The epileptic boy_ (Matthew 17:14-21; Luke 9:37-43). The story is told in Mark with much greater fulness than in the parallels....
RAPTURE AND SERVICE Mark 9:2-29 The Apostles had been gladdened by the promise of the coming Kingdom. The transfiguring light that shone from our Lord's face differed from the shining of Moses' face....
Here we see four men who have passed without death into the atmosphere and society of the heavens. One only of the four is there by His own right. Pure and spotless humanity stands in the glory of the...
DEMONIACAL EJECTMENT Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43. Mark: _“And having come to His disciples, He saw a great crowd round them, and the scribes arguing with them.”_ He and the three disc...
CHAPTER 37 TRANSFIGURATION Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36. Mark: “And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain, privately,...
(14) And when he came to _his_ disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. (15) And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, an...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_FAITH AND DOUBT_ ‘Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.’ Mark 9:24 This cry of a soul in distress was spoken to God. Yet it contains elements which look to us incompatible: the affirmation of...
_MODERN UNBELIEF_ ‘Help Thou mine unbelief.’ Mark 9:24 These words afford a fit starting-point for some remarks upon present phases of unbelief, showing, as they do, man’s need of faith. Unbelief i...
24._Lord, I believe. _He declares that he _believes_, and yet acknowledges himself to have _unbelief _These two statements may appear to contradict each other, but there is none of us that does not ex...
In Matthew we saw the transfiguration announced in terms that related to the subject of that Gospel the rejected Christ taking His glorious position as Son of man. In each of the Gospels it is in conn...
AND STRAIGHTWAY THE FATHER OF THE CHILD CRIED OUT,.... As soon as ever he found it was put upon his faith, and that the issue of things would be according to that, he expressed himself with much vehem...
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Ver. 24. _I believe_] This act of his in putting forth his faith to believe as he cou...
_Jesus said, If thou canst believe_, &c. As if he had said, The question is not respecting my power, but thy faith. I can do all things: canst thou believe? _If thou canst believe_ Canst rely with con...
The dumb spirit cast out. Matthew 17:14-21....
HELP THOU; teach me to believe more fully thy willingness and power to help....
The healing:...
AND STRAIGHTWAY THE FATHER OF THE CHILD CRIED OUT, AND SAID WITH TEARS, LORD, I BELIEVE; HELP THOU MINE UNBELIEF....
TITLE: Some jobs are tough TEXT: Mark 9:14-29 PROPOSITION: Some work is difficult and challenging for us. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Failures SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 9:14-19 INTRODUCTION: 1. Obeying th...
14-29 The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believin...
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Mark 9:24 G2532 Immediately G2112 father G3962 child G3813 out G2896 (G5660) said G3004 (G5707) with...
‘Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe. You help my unbelief.” The man's response was immediate and significant. He recognised that he was dependent on Jesus. And he accep...
THE CASTING OUT OF THE DEAF AND DUMB SPIRIT (9:14-29). This incident provides a fitting climax to this section of the Gospel. It is the final example of Jesus acting to cast out evil spirits. That was...
Mark's account is most detailed and vivid. He alone mentions the contention with the scribes, the amazement of the people, their running to Jesus. The wretched state of the possessed youth is most viv...
MARK alone tells us that the journey from the mount of Transfiguration to Capernaum was private (Mark 9:30). The education of the disciples called for this, and the hostility of the Pharisees had in f...
Mark 9:24. AND STRAIGHTWAY THE FATHER OF THE CHILD CRIED OUT. A touching description, true to nature and drawn from life. The full form; ‘the father of the child,' not only implies that the son was a...
CRIED OUT (κραξας). Loud outcry and at once (ευθυς). The later manuscripts have "with tears" (μετα δακρυων), not in the older documents.I BELIEVE; HELP MY UNBELIEF (Πιστευω: βοηθε τη απιστια). An...
Mark 9:24 The transfiguration marks, so it seems, a crisis in our blessed Lord's history. It was a great out-shining of the glory of God in the sacred Humanity, permitted alike for the strengthening o...
Mark 9:23 Present Phases of Unbelief. I. Unbelief may have its rise and find occasion in three directions the external world, man, and the nature of Christianity itself. One meets constantly the wor...
Mark 9:2. _And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment beca...
Mark 9:2. And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment becam...
This miracle is one that shows the transforming power of the Saviour in a remarkable fashion. Mark 9:20. _And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed...
Our Lord had been absent from the people, and transfigured on the top of the mountain; when he came down from this manifestation of his glory, he was brought face to face with Satan's work at almost t...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the mighty Christ casting out a demon. The dispute over who should be greatest. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism. Solemn warning of hell. CHARA...
Mark 9:2. _And after six days,_ not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16. He asked the scribes, what question ye with them?
THE FATHER AT ONCE CRIED OUT. Both eagerness and fear are mixed in the outcry of the father: eagerness to have his son healed; fear that his faith is not strong enough. Help me have morel The father w...
_And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them._ THE EVIL SPIRIT CAST OUT Learn from this narrative- I. The omnipotence of true faith in God. It is not so much the amount o...
_Lord, I believe; help Thou my unbelief._ FAITH UNTO SALVATION This incident will show us what believing presupposes and consists in. I. The text shows a man that is in earnest. He cried out with t...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 9:22 The father is merely seeking a miracle from Jesus (IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING), but Jesus calls on him to put his trust in God. ⇐
JESUS HEALS A DEMON-POSSESSED BOY MATTHEW 17:14-21; MARK 9:14-29; LUKE 9:37-43; MATTHEW 17:14 And when they were come to the mult
CHAPTER 9 2 _Jesus is transfigured_. 11 _He instructeth his disciples concerning the coming of Elias_ : 14 _casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit_ : 30 _foretelleth his death and resurrection_ : 33 _ex...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 9:14_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 17:14; Luke 9:37.) _The afflicted child_.—Moses, when he descended from the mount, found that the people in his absence had lapsed i...
EXPOSITION MARK 9:1 TILL THEY SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME WITH POWER. In St. Matthew 16:28 the words run thus: "Till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." In St. Luke 9:27, "Till t
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power (Mark 9:1). Now what di...
2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Kings 20:5; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:11;...
Cried out and said [κ ρ α ξ α ς ε λ ε γ ε ν]. The former denoting the inarticulate cry, the ejaculation, followed by the words, "Lord, I believe," etc....