Mark 9:29 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:29

Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.

KJV

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

On Fasting (220)

Thereafter He prescribed to fasts a law-that they are to be performed "without sadness: " 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: for what wonder if the same operation is the instrument of the iniquitous spirit's egress as of the Holy Spirit's ingress?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 guilty in some sort, as well as the Jews, and the father of the child; but Mark omits it, and only relates this as the reason; this kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting; which they had not observed; See Gill on Mat 17:21.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Prayer and fasting - See on Mat 17:21 (note). This demon may be considered as an emblem of deeply rooted vices, and inveterate habits, over which the conquest is not generally obtained, but through extraordinary humiliations. This case is related by both Matthew and Luke, but it is greatly amplified in Mark’s account, and many new circumstances related. Another proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew.

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

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
τοῦτο	touto	This	G3778 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
γένος	genos	kind	G1085 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
οὐδενὶ	oudeni	no [thing]	G3762 →
δύναται	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
ἐξελθεῖν	exelthein	to go out	G1831 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
προσευχῇ	proseuchēa	prayer	G4335 →

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 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
  Pray without ceasing.
- Colossians 4:2
  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- 1 Timothy 2:1
  First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
- Jude 1:20
  But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Through
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,’…
leads to
- Luke 17:6
  And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- Mark 11:23
  “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will…
- Luke 1:37
  For no word from God will ever fail.”