Mark 9:23–24
A father: “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Study it word by word23And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for the one who believes.”
24At once the father of the child cried out and was saying, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
In its context
21And he asked his father, “How long is it since this has been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood;
22and often it has thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us!”
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25And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never again enter into him!”
26And crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and he became like a corpse, so that most were saying that he had died.
Its words in the original
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- δύνῃdynēi· can, be able
Can, be able.
- δυνατὰdynata· possible, powerful
Possible; also strong, powerful, able.
- πιστεύοντιpisteuonti· believe
Believe, trust.
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- κράξαςkraxas· cry out
Shout, cry out.
- πατὴρpatēr· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- παιδίουpaidiou· little child
Little child.
- βοήθειboēthei· help
Help, come to the aid of.
- ἀπιστίᾳapistiai· unbelief
Unbelief, lack of faith.