Mark 9:26 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁶ The spirit shrieked and caused violent convulsions [in the boy], then came out of him. The boy appeared to be dead, so that most of the people were saying, “He is dead.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And after giving a [hoarse, clamoring, fear-stricken] shriek of anguish and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and the boy lay [pale and motionless] like a corpse, so that many of them said, He is dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁶ After screaming and shaking the boy horribly, the spirit came out. The boy seemed to be dead; in fact, several people said that he had died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ But Jesus, taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up; and he arose.

Mark 9:26 Cross References

Matthew 15:22

Just then a Canaanite woman came out of that area [Note: Mark 7:26 calls her a Syrophoenician Gentile], crying, “O Lord, son of David, have pity on me. My daughter is seriously troubled by an evil spirit.”

Mark 1:26

And the evil spirit caused the man to have a convulsion, then shouted with a loud voice and came out of him.

Mark 9:18

Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I spoke to your disciples, asking them to drive it out, but they were not able to.”

Mark 9:20

Then they [i.e., some people from the crowd] brought the sick boy to Jesus, and when the spirit saw Him, it immediately caused the boy to have convulsions and to fall to the ground and roll around, foaming at the mouth.

Mark 9:25

When Jesus saw a crowd running together [toward Him], He spoke sternly to the evil spirit [in the boy], saying to it, “You deaf-mute spirit, I order you to come out of this boy and to never return to him again.”

Mark 9:27

But Jesus grasped his hand and lifted him up, and he arose [fully healed].

Revelation 12:12

So, rejoice, you heavens and you who live there. It is too bad for the earth and for the ocean, because the devil has gone down to you with great rage, knowing that he has [only] a short time left.”