Mark 9:24 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:24

Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

KJV

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Cassian

CONFERENCE OF ABBOT PAPHNUTIUS 16 (435)

Seeing that his faith was being driven by the waves of unbelief on the rocks which would cause a fearful shipwreck, he asks of the Lord an aid to his faith, saying "Lord, help me in my unbelief." So thoroughly did the apostles and those who live in the gospel realize that everything which is good is brought to completion by the aid of the Lord, and not imagine that they could preserve their faith unharmed by their own strength or free will, that they prayed that it might be helped and granted to them by the Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that complain of unbelief, must look up to Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace shall be sufficient for them. "Help mine unbelief, help me to a pardon for it, help me with power against it; help out what is wanting in my faith with thy grace, the strength of which is perfected in our weakness." VIII.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lord, I believe - The word Lord is omitted by ABCDL, both the Syriac, both the Arabic later Persic, Ethiopic, Gothic, and three copies of the Itala. Griesbach leaves it out. The omission, I think, is proper, because it is evident the man did not know our Lord, and therefore could not be expected to accost him with a title expressive of that authority which he doubted whether he possessed, unless we grant that he used the word κυριε after the Roman custom, for Sir. Help thou mine unbelief - That is, assist me against it.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1857)

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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εὐθὺς	euthus	Immediately	G2112 →
κράξας	kraxas	having cried out	G2896 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	father	G3962 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
παιδίου	paidiou	child	G3813 →
ἔλεγεν·	elegen	was saying;	G3004 →
πιστεύω	pisteuō	I believe	G4100 →
βοήθει	boēthei	do help	G997 →
μου	mou	me	G3165 →
τῇ	tēa	with the	G3588 →
ἀπιστίᾳ.¶	apistia	unbelief!	G570 →

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
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
leads to
- Romans 3:22–26
  And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Ephesians 2:5
  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Romans 4:16
  Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who…
- John 1:12–13
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Romans 10:17
  Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Through
Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
leads to
- Micah 7:7
  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:23–24
  When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.