Mark 9:27

Mark 9:27. Took him by the hand. The usual external act which connected His person with the subject of a miracle.

And he arose, ox ‘stood up.' The cure was now complete, the child's own activity appearing. Mark alone tells of the successive steps. This mode of healing would serve to strengthen the father's faith, and by showing the difficulty of the case, make the more powerful impression on the multitude, before whom the failure of the disciples and the debate with the scribes had occurred. The effect of the miracle is described by Luke (Luke 9:43). The vivid and detailed narrative must have been obtained from the recollections of an eye-witness.