Mark 9:20 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:20

So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

KJV

And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

⋯

Commentary

5 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) So far, however, is He from being angry with the person, though He reproved the sin, that He immediately added, Bring him unto me; and they brought him unto him. And when he saw him, straightway the spirit fare him, and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

He also permits the child to be vexed, that in this way we might know the devil's wickedness, who would have killed him, had he not been assisted by the Lord. It goes on: And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child; and offtimes it has cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

When he saw him - When the child saw Christ; when his deliverance was at hand. Immediately the spirit tore him - Made his last grand effort to destroy him. Is it not generally so, before Satan is cast out of a soul, of which he has long had possession?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When he saw him the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, etc. - When this demon saw Jesus, he had great rage, knowing that his time was short; and hence the extraordinary convulsions mentioned above.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The contrast between these verses and those which precede them in the chapter is very striking. We pass from the mount of transfiguration to a melancholy history of the work of the devil. We come down from the vision of glory — to a conflict with Satanic possession. We change the blessed company of Moses and Elijah — for crude interaction with unbelieving Scribes.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἤνεγκαν	ēnegkan	they brought	G5342 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδὼν	idōn	having seen	G1492 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	spirit	G4151 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
συνεσπάραξεν	sunesparaxen	threw into convulsions	G4952 →
αὐτόν,	auton	him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πεσὼν	pesōn	having fallen	G4098 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	ground	G1093 →
ἐκυλίετο	ekulieto	he was rolling around	G2947 →
ἀφρίζων.	aphrizōn	foaming.	G875 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Through
Luke 4:35
But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
leads to
- Luke 4:41
  Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
- Luke 4:39
  and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
Through
Mark 1:26
At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
leads to
- Mark 9:26
  After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”