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The Boy with an Evil Spirit

Mark 9:26

In 9 translations

BSB
After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
KJV
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.
WEB
After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
ASV
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.
LSV
and having cried, and convulsed him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,
YLT
and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,
DBY
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.
DRC9:25
And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead.
GNV
Then the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out, and he was as one dead, in so much that many said, He is dead.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κράξας (“having cried out”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κράξαν (“having cried out”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σπαράξας (“throwing into convulsions”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σπαράξαν (“throwing into convulsions”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτόν (“him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τοὺς (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας; Robinson–Pierpont read κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόν.
  • SBLGNT: τοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας ἐξῆλθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ὥστε τοὺς πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.
RP2018
Καὶ κράξαν, καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόν, ἐξῆλθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ κράξαν, καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόν, ἐξῆλθε· καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.
SCR1894
και κραξαν και πολλα σπαραξαν αυτον εξηλθεν και εγενετο ωσει νεκρος ωστε πολλους λεγειν οτι απεθανεν

Who and where

◆ Healing a Boy with a Demon

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 9:20So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
  • Mark 1:26At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
  • Exodus 5:23Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
  • Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
  • Mark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 9:25 in some Bibles
  • 9:26 in most Bibles

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