The Meaning of Mark 9:21 Explained

Mark 9:21

KJV: And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

YLT: And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood,

Darby: And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;

ASV: And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

Discover Mark 9:21

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 9:21?

MEANING: What does Mark 9:21 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 9:21 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Mark 9:21?

What is the context of Mark 9:21?

All Things Possible (Mark 9:14-29)
A Boy Is Healed (Mark 9:14-29)
A Demon-possessed Boy Healed (Mark 9:14-29)
The Power of Faith over a Demon (Mark 9:14-29)
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy (Mark 9:14-29)
Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit (Mark 9:14-29)
Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit .( P .) (Mark 9:14-29)
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon (Mark 9:14-29)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

What does Mark 9:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 9:2-29 - Rapture And Service

The Apostles had been gladdened by the promise of the coming Kingdom. The transfiguring light that shone from our Lord's face differed from the shining of Moses' face. With Moses the light was from without, and faded; but with Christ the light shone from within. Surely at that moment He might have stepped back into heaven by the open door, through which the representatives of the Law and the prophets had come; but He turned His back on the joy of the Father's home, and set His face to endure the cross, that He might become, not the example only, but the Redeemer of men. What a contrast between that scene on Hermon's slopes, where the glory of Jesus was brighter than the glistening snows about Him, and that below, where the demoniac child writhed in pain! Raphael does well to group these two incidents in one picture, for we are shown here that the duty of the Church is not to build tabernacles on the mount of vision, but to take her way into the haunts of crime and misery and cope with the power of Satan. Faith is the channel through which the divine power passes. Its quantity is of less importance than its quality. It may be minute as a mustard seed, but, like it, must contain the principle of life. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 9

¹ Jesus is transfigured
¹¹ He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elijah;
¹⁴ casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;
³⁰ foretells his death and resurrection;
³³ exhorts his disciples to humility;
³⁸ bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them,
⁴² nor to give offense to any of the faithful

What do the individual words in Mark 9:21 mean?

And He asked the father of him How long a time is it that this has been with him - And he said From childhood

Καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐκ παιδιόθεν

ἐπηρώτησεν	He asked
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἐπερωτάω Sense: to accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate.
πατέρα	father
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: προπάτωρ Sense: generator or male ancestor.
αὐτοῦ	of him
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Πόσος	How long
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: πόσος Sense: how great.
χρόνος	a time
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: χρόνος Sense: time either long or short.
ἐστὶν	is it
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
ὡς	that
Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc.
τοῦτο	this
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this.
γέγονεν	has been
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i.
αὐτῷ	with him
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Ὁ	-
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
εἶπεν	he said
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say.
παιδιόθεν	childhood
Parse: Adverb Root: παιδιόθεν Sense: from childhood, from a child.

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