Mark 9:25-27

Mark 9:25-27

[25] When  Jesus  that  the people  came running together,  he rebuked  the foul  spirit,  saying  unto him,  Thou dumb  and  deaf  spirit,  charge  come  out of  him,  and  enter  no more  into  him.  [26] And  the spirit cried,  and  rent  sore,  and came out of him:  and  he was  as  one dead;  insomuch  that  many  said,  He is dead.  [27] But  Jesus  took  him  by the hand,  him  up;  and  he arose. 

What does Mark 9:25-27 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jesus acted quickly to avoid greater publicity.
". . . the accumulation of the vocabulary of death and resurrection in Mark 9:26-27, and the parallelism with the narrative of the raising of Jairus" daughter [1], suggest that Mark wished to allude to a death and resurrection. The dethroning of Satan is always a reversal of death and an affirmation of life." [2]