Mark 9:28
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
Mark 9:28 in other translations
| BSB | After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” |
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| WEB | When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” |
| ASV | And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out? |
| YLT | And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself--‘Why were we not able to cast it forth?' |
| DARBY | And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out? |
| BBE | And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out? |
| Webster | And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? |
What does Mark 9:28 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 9:14-29
The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believing. If thou canst believe, it is possible that thy hard heart may be softened, thy spiritual diseases may be cured; and, weak as thou art, thou mayest be able to hold out to the end. Those that complain of unbelief, must look…
Mark 9:28 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 9:28
- Matthew 17:19-20
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Mark 7:17
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
- Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
- Matthew 15:15
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
- Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
- Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
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Context
- Mark 9:27
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
- Mark 9:28
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
- Mark 9:29
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Mark 9:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como él entró en casa, sus discípulos le preguntaron aparte: ¿Por qué nosotros no pudimos echarle fuera? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et lorsqu’il fut entré dans la maison, ses disciples lui demandèrent en particulier: Pourquoi n’avons-nous pu le chasser? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als er in ein Haus getreten war, fragten ihn seine Jünger besonders: Warum haben wir ihn nicht austreiben können? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit illis: Hoc genus in nullo potest exire, nisi in oratione et jejunio. |