Mark 9:28

Mark 9:28. Into the house. Peculiar to Mark. The question may mean: ‘We could not,' etc., since the word with which it begins is often a mere mark of quotation. But it sometimes means ‘why.' In that case the E.V. is correct. Others paraphrase: ‘How is it that we,' etc. The same difficulty occurs in Mark 9:11, but the word ‘saying ‘there, renders the first view less abrupt than here.