Mark 9:27
in Mark 9But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.
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ASV
But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
KJV
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
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This verse in Mark 9
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(ap. Pseudo-Hier.) Again, when Jesus, that is, the word of the Gospel, takes hold of the hand, that is, of our powers of action, then shall we be freed from the devil. And observe that God first helps us, then it is required of us that we do good; for which reason it is said that Jesus raised him, in which is shown the aid of God, and that he arose, in which is declared the zeal of man.
This site's exposition
You deaf and mute spirit
on Mark 9:25-27
The departure was as violent as the possession, and the boy became like a corpse, so that many said he was dead. But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, the gesture Mark records when Jesus raised Jairus's daughter.
This site's exposition
helped him to his feet
Matthew Henry points to the Greek verb, which means Jesus took fast hold of the boy and strongly bore him up. Then all was well. John Gill reports that one Arabic edition adds that the boy went into his own house.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church3 voices
And he became as dead; so that many said, he is dead. But Jesus, taking his hand, lifted him up, and he rose. Him whom the impious enemy had already been forced to flee and had struck down, rendering him like unto the dead, this …
But when Jesus, that is, the Evangelical Word, takes a person by the hand, that is, directs his active powers, then he is freed from the demon. Note also that God is ready to help us, but we ourselves refuse to do good works. For …
(ubi sup.) But him, whom the unholy spirit made like unto death, the holy Saviour saved by the touch of His holy hand; wherefore it goes on, But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up, and he arose. Thus as the Lord had shown Himself to be very God by the power of healing, so He showed that He had the very nature of our flesh, by the manner of His human touch. The Manichæani indeed madly denies that He was truly clothed in flesh; He Himself, however, by raising, cleansing, enlightening so many afflicted persons by His touch, condemned his heresy before its birth.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But Jesus took him by the hand,.... "Took hold of the hand of the child", as the Persic version renders it; and lifted him up; from the ground, on which he was cast by the spirit; and he arose: this is omitted in the Syriac and Arabic versions, though in one edition of the latter, according to De Dieu, it is rendered, "and he stood"; to which is added, "and went into his own house". The Persic version, instead of this clause, reads, "and the child was healed"; and all the expressions show, that he was perfectly well.
Jesus took him by the hand, kratesas -- took fast hold of him, and strongly bore him up, and he arose and recovered, and all was well. The reason he gave to the disciples why they could not cast out this devil.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
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.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
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. We leave the foretaste of millennial glory, and the solemn voice of God the Father testifying to God the Son, and return once more to a scene of pain, weakness, and misery — a boy in agony of body, a father in deep distress, and a little band of feeble disciples restrained by Satan's power, and unable to give relief. The contrast, we must all feel, is very great. Yet it is but a faint emblem of the change of scene that Jesus voluntarily undertook to witness, when He first laid aside His glory and came into the world. And it is after all a vivid picture of the life of all true Christians. With them, as with their Master, work, conflict, and scenes of weakness and sorrow will always be the rule. With them too, visions of glory, foretastes of heaven, seasons on the mount, will always be the exception. Let us learn from these verses, how dependent Christ's disciples are on the company and help of their Master . We see this truth brought out in a striking manner in the scene which meets our Lord's eyes, when He came down from the mount. Like Moses, when he came down from Mount Sinai, He finds his little flock in confusion. He sees His nine apostles beset by a party of malicious Scribes, and baffled in an attempt to heal one who had been brought to them possessed with a devil. The very same disciples who a short time before had done many miracles and "cast out many devils," had now met with a case too hard for them. They were learning by humbling experience the great lesson, "without me you can do nothing."
The words behind it
11 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | And | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| Ἰησοῦς | iesous | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| κρατήσας | kratesas | having taken | G2902 → | 47 times |
| τῆς | tes | by the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χειρὸς | cheiros | hand | G5495 → | 175 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἤγειρεν | egeiren | raised up | G1453 → | 142 times |
| αὐτόν, | auton | him, | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀνέστη.¶ | aneste | he arose. | G450 → | 107 times |
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
δὲAnd
deG1161 →2765 times
ἸησοῦςJesus
iesousG2424 →908 times
κρατήσαςhaving taken
kratesasG2902 →47 times
τῆςby the
tesG3588 →19766 times
χειρὸςhand
cheirosG5495 →175 times
αὐτοῦhim
autouG846 →5565 times
ἤγειρενraised up
egeirenG1453 →142 times
αὐτόν,him,
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀνέστη.¶he arose.
anesteG450 →107 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 3:7Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
it leads to
- Mark 5:41
Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Mark 1:31
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 9:41
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 13:13
Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
- Mark 5:41
Through
Mark 8:23So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He…
it leads to
- Mark 7:33
So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
- John 9:6–7
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
- Mark 7:33
Through
Mark 1:41Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
it leads to
- Matthew 9:36
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Hebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
- Matthew 9:36
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This page draws on Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, Mark; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.