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The Boy with an Evil Spirit

Mark 9:21

In 9 translations

BSB
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
KJV
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
WEB
He asked his father, “How long has it been since this has been happening to him?” 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.
LSV
And He questioned his father, “How much time is it since this came to him?” And he said, “From childhood,
YLT
And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood,
DBY
And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
DRC9:20
And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From his infancy:
GNV
Then he asked his father, How long time is it since he hath bin thus? And he said, Of a childe.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἐκ (“From”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: Ἐκ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἐκ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· Πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐκ παιδιόθεν·
RP2018
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, Πόσος χρόνος ἐστίν, ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Παιδιόθεν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, Πόσος χρόνος ἐστίν, ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Παιδιόθεν.
SCR1894
και επηρωτησεν τον πατερα αυτου ποσος χρονος εστιν ως τουτο γεγονεν αυτω ο δε ειπεν παιδιοθεν

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◆ Healing a Boy with a Demon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 9:33There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
  • John 9:20–21His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind. But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
  • Job 5:7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
  • Acts 3:2And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
  • Acts 14:8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
  • Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  • Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
  • John 5:5–6One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
  • John 9:1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
  • Acts 4:22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
  • Mark 5:25And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
  • Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
  • Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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  • 9:20 in some Bibles
  • 9:21 in most Bibles

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