Mark 9:26
 Mark 9:26 
New International Version (©2011)
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He's dead."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the spirit screamed and threw the boy into another violent convulsion and left him. The boy appeared to be dead. A murmur ran through the crowd as people said, "He's dead."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then it came out, shrieking and convulsing him violently. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, "He's dead."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

NET Bible (©2006)
It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And that demon screamed greatly and pounded him and went out and he was like a dead man, so that many were saying, “He is dead.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The evil spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, and everyone said, "He's dead!"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the spirit cried, and convulsed him terribly, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead.

American King James Version
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead.

American Standard Version
And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead.

Darby Bible Translation
And having cried out and torn him much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.

English Revised Version
And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the child became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the spirit cried, and rent him severely, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead.

Weymouth New Testament
So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

World English Bible
Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

Young's Literal Translation
and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 up to Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace will be sufficient for them. Whom Christ cures, he cures effectually. But Satan is unwilling to be driven from those that have been long his slaves, and, when he cannot deceive or destroy the sinner, he will cause him all the terror that he can. The disciples must not think to do their work always with the same ease; some services call for more than ordinary pains.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,.... We rightly supply, "the spirit", as do the Syriac and Persic versions, "the demon"; for it was he, and not the child, that cried, and made an hideous noise, at his ejection; being filled with wrath and rage, that he must be obliged to quit the possession he had so long held; and therefore, in spite and malice, before it left him, shook and tore him, and threw him into dreadful convulsions:

and came out of him; though sore against his will, being obliged to it, by the superior power of Christ:

and he was as one dead: that is, the child, when the devil had left him, lay as still as if he had no breath, nor life in him:

insomuch that many said, he is dead; really dead: that there was no life in him, nor any hopes of his coming to himself again.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

26. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him; and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead—The malignant, cruel spirit, now conscious that his time was come, gathers up his whole strength, with intent by a last stroke to kill his victim, and had nearly succeeded. But the Lord of life was there; the Healer of all maladies, the Friend of sinners, the Seed of the woman, "the Stronger than the strong man armed," was there. The very faith which Christ declared to be enough for everything being now found, it was not possible that the serpent should prevail. Fearfully is he permitted to bruise the heel, as in this case; but his own head shall go for it—his works shall be destroyed (1Jo 3:8).


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Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit
25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying to him, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead. 27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. …

Matthew 15:22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly."
Mark 1:26 The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. "You deaf and mute spirit," he said, "I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."
Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.