Mark 9:28 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:28

After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out?

KJV

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when he was come into the house,.... Perhaps into the man's house whose child he had healed, or into some other in these parts, for the sake both of retirement and refreshment: his disciples asked him privately, why could not we cast him out?

The record, by era

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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
εἰσελθόντος	eiselthontos	when was entering	G1525 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	He	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
οἶκον	oikon	a house	G3624 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	in	G2596 →
ἰδίαν	idian	private	G2398 →
ἐπηρώτων	epērōtōn	were asking	G1905 →
αὐτόν·	auton	Him;	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	Why	G3754 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἠδυνήθημεν	ēdunēthēmen	were able	G1410 →
ἐκβαλεῖν	ekbalein	to cast out	G1544 →
αὐτό;	auto	it?	G846 →

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 13:10
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
leads to
- Mark 4:10
  As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 4:33–34
  With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
Through
Mark 7:17
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
leads to
- Matthew 13:36
  Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 4:34
  He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 15:15
  Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
- Matthew 13:10
  Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Through
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
leads to
- Mark 7:17
  After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:11
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.