Mark 9:22 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:22

“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.

KJV

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

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Commentary

3 voices

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 record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,.... When he has been near it; so that one part or other of his body has been scorched, or burnt, and his life in danger: and into the waters to destroy him: when he has been near any brook, or river, it has thrown him into it, in order to drown him, as into the fire to burn him. The Ethiopic version before fire and water reads, "into the deep"; meaning either the sea or some deep pit, or off a precipice.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

Modern Voices1 voice

Charles Capps

1934–2014

Believing & Receiving Your Healing (Capps Ministries Monthly Teaching) (2026)

His knowledge of Christ's abilities limited his belief. You can't believe any further than you have knowledge.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πολλάκις	pollakis	often	G4178 →
καὶ	kai	both	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
πῦρ	pur	fire	G4442 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἔβαλεν	ebalen	it casts	G906 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ὕδατα	hudata	waters	G5204 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἀπολέσῃ	apolesē	it may destroy	G622 →
αὐτόν·	auton	him;	G846 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τι	ti	anything	G5100 →
δύνῃ,	dunē	You are able [to do],	G1410 →
βοήθησον	boēthēson	do help	G997 →
ἡμῖν,	hēmin	us,	G3165 →
σπλαγχνισθεὶς	splagchnistheis	having compassion	G4697 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	on	G1909 →
ἡμᾶς.¶	hēmas	us.	G3165 →

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
Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
leads to
- James 1:6–8
  But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- Psalms 138:7
  If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- Genesis 22:14
  And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Matthew 17:20
  “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’…
- Matthew 8:26
  “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
Through
Mark 5:19
But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
leads to
- Psalms 66:16
  Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Through
Matthew 8:2
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
leads to
- Mark 1:40–45
  Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
- Matthew 18:26
  Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’