Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 9:29
By prayer and fasting] RV omits 'and fasting,' but the evidence for it is strong.
By prayer and fasting] RV omits 'and fasting,' but the evidence for it is strong.
MARK 9:29 proseuch|/ {A} In light of the increasing emphasis in the early church on the necessity of fasting, it is understandable that kai. nhstei,a| is a gloss that found its way into most witnesse...
Verse 29. _PRAYER AND FASTING._] Matthew 17:21, Matthew 17:21. This demon may be considered as an _emblem_ of _deeply rooted_ vices, and _inveterate habits_, over which the conquest is not generally...
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 Jesus saw that the crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "Spirit of dumbness and deafness, he said, "I order you, come out of him, and don't go into him again." When it had c...
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...
THIS KIND. Showing that there are different kinds of spirits. BY. Greek. _en._ App-104. AND FASTING. Omitted by LT [Tr.]. WH R; not by the Syriac....
_This kind_ In His reply to their question our Lord impresses upon them a twofold lesson: (i) The omnipotence of a perfect faith (see Matthew 17:20-21); (ii) that, as there is order and gradation in t...
14–29. CURE OF A DEMONIAC BOY Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43...
29. [1984][1985] k omit καὶ νηστείᾳ. Cf. 1 Corinthians 7:5. [1984] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg....
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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004), _см._ Mark 9:1. ΈΞΕΛΘΕΪΝ _aor. act. inf., см._ Mark 9:25....
DISCOURSE: 1434 FASTING AND PRAYER Mark 9:28. _And when he was come into the house, his Disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth b...
_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 he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THIS KIND CAN COME FORTH BY NOTHING BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING - that is, as nearly all...
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...
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...
CHAPTER 9:28-37 (MARK 9:28) JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES "And when He was come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, saying, We could not cast it out. And He said unto them, This kind can com...
_The cure_. ἐπισυντρέχει (ἅπ. λεγ.) indicates that the crowd was constantly increasing, so becoming a new crowd (ὄχλος without art.); natural in the circumstances. Jesus seeing this proceeds to cure w...
_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....
τοῦτο τὸ γένος, etc.: This is one of the texts which very soon became misunderstood, the ascetic addition, καὶ νηστείᾳ, being at once a proof and a cause of misunderstanding. The traditional idea has...
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...
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,...
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...
(28) And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? (29) And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting....
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...
_THE LENTEN FAST_ ‘This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.’ Mark 9:29 Here we have set before us a very striking and significant contrast: the contrast between the spiritual...
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 HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... Matthew, besides the following reason, assigns another, as given by our Lord, why they could not cast out the foul spirit, which was their unbelief; of which they were guilt...
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. Ver. 29. _But by prayer and fasting_] The cause why they could not cure the child, was unbelief; the cure of unb...
Mark 9:29. "This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting." Wherefore _fasting_, that which is here so called, is acceptable to God, now, under the New Testament. Mark 9:38-39...
_When he was come into the house, his disciples asked him,_ &c. See notes on Matthew 17:19. _This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting_ “Some doubts have been raised in regard to t...
The dumb spirit cast out. Matthew 17:14-21....
The perplexity of the disciples:...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THIS KIND CAN COME FORTH BY NOTHING BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING. The failure of the disciples to effect a cure in this case, when there had been instances of success, chapter 6:13...
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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Tertullian On Fasting for why should what is salutary be sad? He taught likewise that fasts are to be the weapons for battling with the more direful demons:[64] The First Epistle of Clement Concerni...
Mark 9:29 So G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 This G5124 kind G1085 can G1410 (G5736) out...
‘And when he had come into the house his disciples asked him privately, saying, “We could not cast it out.” And he said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer.” It was always go...
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 9:29. Matthew's account is fuller, but the answer here given is to be omitted there. THIS KIND. Probably evil spirits in general. The disciples had cast out evil spirits before, their failure i...
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'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...
SAVE BY PRAYER (ε μη εν προσευχη). The addition of "and of fasting" does not appear in the two best Greek manuscripts (Aleph and B). It is clearly a late addition to help explain the failure. But it...
THIS See (1 Kings 18:42); (Acts 13:2) The two best manuscripts omit "and fasting." Compare (Matthew 17:21)....
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...
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...
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...
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?
WHY COULDN'T WE DRIVE THE SPIRIT OUT? Jesus said: "It was because you did not have enough faith" (Matthew 17:20). No demon could defy them if they had faith [on _faith,_ see note on James 2:19-20]_. O...
_But by prayer and fasting._ FASTING “Why could not we cast him out?”-“because of your unbelief.” “All things are possible to him that believeth.” But how is such faith to be attained? It is God’s gi...
_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...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 9:28 “WHY COULD WE NOT CAST IT OUT?” The disciples lack the ability to fully carry out their commission from Jesus (see Mark 6:7,...
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...
_They passed through Galilee_, _and He would not that any one should know it._ Lest He should be detained by the Galileans from love of Himself and His benefits. For He was hastening to Jerusalem to H...
_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...
1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Kings 17:20; 2 Corinthians 11:27; 2 Corinthians 12:8;...