Marcos 9
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Marcos 9
Spurgeon - Morning and Evening - “The people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.”—Mark 9:15 How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness, and he put a veil over his face, for the people could not endure to look upon his glory. Not so our Saviour. He had been transfigured with a greater glory than that of Moses, and yet, it is not written that the people were blinded by the blaze of his countenance, but rather they were amazed, and running to him they saluted him. The glory of the law repels, but the greater glory of Jesus attracts. Though Jesus is holy and just, yet blended with his purity there is so much of truth and grace, that sinners run to him amazed at his goodness, fascinated by his love; they salute him, become his disciples, and take him to be their Lord and Master. Reader, it may be that just now you are blinded by the dazzling brightness of the law of God. You feel its claims on your conscience, but you cannot keep it in your life. Not that you find fault with the law, on the contrary, it commands your profoundest esteem, still you are in nowise drawn by it to God; you are rather hardened in heart, and are verging towards desperation. Ah, poor heart! turn thine eye from Moses, with all his repelling splendour, and look to Jesus, resplendent with milder glories. Behold his flowing wounds and thorn-crowned head! He is the Son of God, and therein he is greater than Moses, but he is the Lord of love, and therein more tender than the lawgiver. He bore the wrath of God, and in his death revealed more of God’s justice than Sinai on a blaze, but that justice is now vindicated, and henceforth it is the guardian of believers in Jesus. Look, sinner, to the bleeding Saviour, and as thou feelest the attraction of his love, fly to his arms, and thou shalt be saved. Mark 9:16 And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" Wuest And He asked them, What is it that you are questioning them about? (Wuest) NET Mark 9:16 He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" NLT Mark 9:16 "What is all this arguing about?" Jesus asked. ESV Mark 9:16 And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" NIV Mark 9:16 "What are you arguing with them about?" he asked. GNT Mark 9:16 καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτούς, Τί συζητεῖτε πρὸς αὐτούς; KJV Mark 9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? YLT Mark 9:16 And he questioned the scribes, 'What dispute ye with them?' ASV Mark 9:16 And he asked them, What question ye with them? What: Mk 8:11 Lu 5:30-32 Mark 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" - NET = "What are you arguing about with them?" Discussing is same verb (suzeteo) in Mark 9:10. Jesus asks them a question before they have a chance to draw him into the argument. Presumably Jesus addresses the question to the scribes but one cannot exclude He was speaking to the entire crowd. In the next verse Jesus discovers the subject of the dispute, is the inability of the nine disciples to cast out this wretched demon.
Marcos 9
Spurgeon - Morning and Evening - “Bring him unto me.” —Mark 9:19 Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible condition, and all means had failed, but the miserable child was soon delivered from the evil one when the parent in faith obeyed the Lord Jesus’ word, “Bring him unto me.” Children are a precious gift from God, but much anxiety comes with them. They may be a great joy or a great bitterness to their parents; they may be filled with the Spirit of God, or possessed with the spirit of evil. In all cases, the Word of God gives us one receipt for the curing of all their ills, “Bring him unto me.” O for more agonizing prayer on their behalf while they are yet babes! Sin is there, let our prayers begin to attack it. Our cries for our offspring should precede those cries which betoken their actual advent into a world of sin. In the days of their youth we shall see sad tokens of that dumb and deaf spirit which will neither pray aright, nor hear the voice of God in the soul, but Jesus still commands, “Bring them unto me.” When they are grown up they may wallow in sin and foam with enmity against God; then when our hearts are breaking we should remember the great Physician’s words, “Bring them unto me.” Never must we cease to pray until they cease to breathe. No case is hopeless while Jesus lives. The Lord sometimes suffers his people to be driven into a corner that they may experimentally know how necessary he is to them. Ungodly children, when they show us our own powerlessness against the depravity of their hearts, drive us to flee to the strong for strength, and this is a great blessing to us. Whatever our morning’s need may be, let it like a strong current bear us to the ocean of divine love. Jesus can soon remove our sorrow, he delights to comfort us. Let us hasten to him while he waits to meet us. Mark 9:19 Bring The Boy To Me - [Jesus] answered him and said, “. . . Bring him to Me.” —Mark 9:19 “I don’t believe in God and I won’t go,” Mark said. Amy struggled to swallow the lump in her throat. Her son had changed from a happy boy to a surly and uncooperative young man. Life was a battleground, and Sunday had become a day to dread, as Mark refused to go to church with the family. Finally his despairing parents consulted a counselor, who said: “Mark must make his own faith journey. You can’t force him into the kingdom. Give God space to work. Keep praying, and wait.” Amy waited—and prayed. One morning the words of Jesus that she had read echoed through her mind. Jesus’ disciples had failed to help a demon-possessed boy, but Jesus had the answer: “Bring him to Me” (Mark 9:19). The sun shone through the window at Amy’s side, making a pool of light on the floor. If Jesus could heal in such an extreme situation, then surely He could also help her son. She pictured herself and Mark standing in that light with Jesus. Then she mentally stepped back, leaving her son alone with the One who loved him even more than she did. Every day Amy silently handed Mark to God, clinging to the assurance that He knew Mark’s needs, and would in His time and in His way, work in his life. By Marion Stroud Father, I lift my beloved to You, knowing that You love him even more than I do and You understand just what to do to meet his need. I commit him to Your care. Prayer is the voice of faith trusting that God knows and cares. Mark 9:20 They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. NET Mark 9:20 So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. NLT Mark 9:20 So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth. ESV Mark 9:20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. NIV Mark 9:20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. GNT Mark 9:20 καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν τὸ πνεῦμα εὐθὺς συνεσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. KJV Mark 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. YLT Mark 9:20 and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming. the spirit: Mk 9:18,26 1:26 5:3-5 Job 1:10-12 2:6-8 Lu 4:35 8:29 9:42 Joh 8:44 1Pe 5:8 Mark 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries CONVULSIONS COMMENCE WHEN DEMON SEES JESUS They brought the boy to Him - So apparently the lad had not been present during the argument of the 9 disciples with the scribes or the subsequent dialogue by Jesus. And this is when the "action" began! When he saw Him - He refers to the demonic spirit in the boy's body. Luke 9:42 adds "While he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion." It is interesting that the demon just now becomes aware of Jesus' presence. This would indicate that while demons are very powerful, they are not omniscient and in this case were not aware of the presence of Jesus. Hiebert - the demon, knowing that he would soon lose his control over his victim, upon seeing Jesus, immediately vented his rage on the boy, throwing him into a complete convulsion. (Gospel of Mark - An Expositional Commentary) As Osborne points out "When evil spirits encounter Jesus, there is always a violent reaction (Mk 1:23–26, 34; 3:11–12; 5:6–13), but on every occasion the pain and convulsions are visited upon the unfortunate person possessed. Jesus is the ancient enemy, but he is unassailable and always triumphant." (Teach the Text - Mark) immediately (euthus) the spirit threw him into a convulsion (susparasso), and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth - Medically this has features of a grand mal seizure but clearly it was brought on by the demonic spirit. Began rolling around (kulio) is in the vivid imperfect tense depicting the boy continually twisting and turning, rolling over and over even while he was foaming at the mouth! Mark has painted quite a dramatic picture which cannot help but take the reader into this unforgettable scene! Immediately (2117) euthus when used as an adjective literally means straight or a straight line and figuratively to what is proper or right. The uses below will give you a good sense of these literal and figurative meanings of euthus. Euthus is also used as adverb to mean immediately, right away, at once (AS IN Mk 9:20). The use of euthus with the meaning of immediately is a key word in the Gospel of Mark as evidenced by 11 uses just in Mark 1:1-45! Euthus in Mark - Mk. 1:3; Mk. 1:10; Mk. 1:12; Mk. 1:18; Mk. 1:20; Mk. 1:21; Mk. 1:23; Mk. 1:28; Mk. 1:29; Mk. 1:30; Mk. 1:42; Mk. 1:43; Mk. 2:8; Mk. 2:12; Mk. 3:6; Mk. 4:5; Mk. 4:15; Mk. 4:16; Mk. 4:17; Mk. 4:29; Mk. 5:2; Mk. 5:29; Mk. 5:30; Mk. 5:42; Mk. 6:25; Mk. 6:27; Mk. 6:45; Mk. 6:50; Mk. 6:54; Mk. 7:25; Mk. 8:10; Mk. 9:15; Mk. 9:20; Mk. 9:24; Mk. 10:52; Mk. 11:2; Mk. 11:3; Mk. 14:43; Mk. 14:45; Mk. 14:72; Mk. 15:1 Convulsion (4952)(susparasso from sun = with, together + sparasso = to mangle, convulse) means to tear or lacerate altogether, completely. To throw into strong spasms. To "pull about, rend in pieces, tear; as the effect of a demonic attack on the human body convulse, throw into convulsions, cause a fit" (Friberg) Susparassō is not found in any extant Greek texts prior to the New Testament, although its related term sparassō (“rend, tear apart, convulse”) is found in both classical Greek and the Septuagint (2 Sa 22:8; Jer 4:19). Gilbrant - The demon was “tearing violently” or “pulling apart” the boy. Luke’s medical background provided vivid details of the physical effects of demonic possession in this instance. (Ibid) Mark 9:21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. NET Mark 9:21 Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. NLT Mark 9:21 "How long has this been happening?" Jesus asked the boy's father.He replied, "Since he was a little boy. ESV Mark 9:21 And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. NIV Mark 9:21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered. GNT Mark 9:21 καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, Πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ἐκ παιδιόθεν· KJV Mark 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. YLT Mark 9:21 And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood, How: Mk 5:25 Job 5:7 14:1 Ps 51:5 Lu 8:43 13:16 Joh 5:5,6 9:1,20,21 Ac 3:2 4:22 9:33 14:8 Mark 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Keep in mind in the background the demon is playing havoc with the boy! Jesus remains calm! And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood - So essentially his entire life he had been in the horrible condition! This would underscore the father's sense of desperation.
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Spurgeon - “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”Mark 9:23. OUR unbelief is the greatest hindrance in our way; in fact, there is no other real difficulty as to our spiritual progress and prosperity. The Lord can do everything; but when he makes a rule that according to our faith so shall it be unto us, our unbelief ties the hands of his omnipotence. Yes, the confederacies of evil shall be scattered if we can but believe. Despised truth shall lift its head if we will but have confidence in the God of truth. We can bear our load of trouble, or pass uninjured through the waves of distress, if we can gird our loins with the girdle of peace, that girdle which is buckled on by the hands of trust. What can we not believe? Is everything possible except believing in God? Yet he is always true; why do we not believe him? He is always faithful to his word; why can we not trust him? When we are in a right state of heart faith costs no effort: it is then as natural for us to rely upon God as for a child to trust its father. The worst of it is, that we can believe God about everything except the present pressing trial. This is folly. Come, my soul, shake off such sinfulness, and trust thy God with the load, the labour, the longing of this present. This done, all is done. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening - “All things are possible to him that believeth.” —Mark 9:23 A certain man had a demoniac son, who was afflicted with a dumb spirit. The father, having seen the futility of the endeavours of the disciples to heal his child, had little or no faith in Christ, and therefore, when he was bidden to bring his son to him, he said to Jesus, “If thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.” Now there was an “if” in the question, but the poor trembling father had put the “if” in the wrong place: Jesus Christ, therefore, without commanding him to retract the “if,” kindly puts it in its legitimate position. “Nay, verily,” he seemed to say, “there should be no ‘if’ about my power, nor concerning my willingness, the ‘if’ lies somewhere else.” “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” The man’s trust was strengthened, he offered a humble prayer for an increase of faith, and instantly Jesus spoke the word, and the devil was cast out, with an injunction never to return. There is a lesson here which we need to learn. We, like this man, often see that there is an “if” somewhere, but we are perpetually blundering by putting it in the wrong place. “If” Jesus can help me—“if” he can give me grace to overcome temptation—“if” he can give me pardon—“if” he can make me successful? Nay, “if” you can believe, he both can and will. You have misplaced your “if.” If you can confidently trust, even as all things are possible to Christ, so shall all things be possible to you. Faith standeth in God’s power, and is robed in God’s majesty; it weareth the royal apparel, and rideth on the King’s horse, for it is the grace which the King delighteth to honour. Girding itself with the glorious might of the all-working Spirit, it becomes, in the omnipotence of God, mighty to do, to dare, and to suffer. All things, without limit, are possible to him that believeth. My soul, canst thou believe thy Lord to-night? Spurgeon's Morning and Evening - “All things are possible to him that believeth.” —Mark 9:23 Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible to him that believeth”; and it is possible for us to mount into a state in which a doubt or a fear shall be but as a bird of passage flitting across the soul, but never lingering there. When you read of the high and sweet communions enjoyed by favoured saints, you sigh and murmur in the chamber of your heart, “Alas! these are not for me.” O climber, if thou hast but faith, thou shalt yet stand upon the sunny pinnacle of the temple, for “all things are possible to him that believeth.” You hear of exploits which holy men have done for Jesus; what they have enjoyed of him; how much they have been like him; how they have been able to endure great persecutions for his sake; and you say, “Ah! as for me, I am but a worm; I can never attain to this.” But there is nothing which one saint was, that you may not be. There is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of assurance, no post of duty, which is not open to you if you have but the power to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position; you are little in Israel because you will be so, not because there is any necessity for it. It is not meet that thou shouldst grovel in the dust, O child of a King. Ascend! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! The crown of communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your brow. Wrap yourself in scarlet and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day; for if thou believest, thou mayst eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land shall flow with milk and honey, and thy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await thee in the fields of faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.” W W Page - If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. What inexhaustible possibilities lie in faith! God Himself is the unseen Author of the visible universe and it was by faith that the worlds were framed, so that things that are seen were not made of things that do appear. In the sublime galaxy woven with divine hand all in and through the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, the light that shines from every star is faith. It was this that carried Noah across the flood. It was this that gave strength to Moses to deliver the people of God from Egypt, to train them in the wilderness, and to transfer them to the Promised Land. It was this that enabled Israel to hold to the hope of the promise until Jesus came. This animated the feeble few of Galilee to carry the Gospel to the perishing world. This is the power by which every sainted Christian has triumphed in life and in death and entered home at last. Our blessed Saviour is Himself the Author and the Finisher of faith. Holy Fools If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. —Mark 9:23 Today's Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5 When God spoke to Abram, he obeyed at once, departing for an unknown land based only on a promise. Childless, he trusted God to make of him “a great nation” (Gen. 12:2). God often does His work through “holy fools”—dreamers who strike out in ridiculous faith. Yet I tend to approach my decisions with calculation and restraint. My church in Chicago once scheduled an all-night vigil of prayer during a major crisis. At length we discussed the practicality of the event before finally putting it on the calendar. The poorest members of the congregation, a group of senior citizens from a housing project, responded the most enthusiastically. I wondered how many of their prayers had gone unanswered over the years, yet they showed a childlike trust in the power of prayer. “How long do you want to stay—an hour or two?” we asked, thinking of van shuttles. “Oh, we’ll stay all night,” they replied. One woman in her 90s explained, “We can pray. We got time, and we got faith. Some of us don’t sleep much anyway. We can pray all night if needs be.” And so they did. Faith looks across the storm—it does not doubt Or stop to look at clouds and things without. Faith does not question why when all His ways Are hard to understand, but trusts and prays. —Anon. Prayer is the voice of faith. Oswald Chambers - The sphere of humiliation If Thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Mark 9:22. After every time of exaltation we are brought down with a sudden rush into things as they are, where it is neither beautiful nor poetic nor thrilling. The height of the mountain top is measured by the drab drudgery of the valley; but it is in the valley that we have to live for the glory of God. We see His glory on the mount, but we never live for His glory there. It is in the sphere of humiliation that we find our true worth to God, that is where our faithfulness is revealed. Most of us can do things if we are always at the heroic pitch because of the natural selfishness of our hearts, but God wants us at the drab commonplace pitch, where we live in the valley according to our personal relationship to Him. Peter thought it would be a fine thing for them to remain on the mount, but Jesus Christ took the disciples down from the mount into the valley—the place where the meaning of the vision is explained. “If Thou canst do anything …” It takes the valley of humiliation to root the scepticism out of us. Look back at your own experience, and you will find that until you learned Who Jesus was, you were a cunning sceptic about His power. When you were on the mount, you could believe anything, but what about the time when you were up against facts in the valley? You may be able to give a testimony to sanctification, but what about the thing that is a humiliation to you just now? The last time you were on the mount with God, you saw that all power in heaven and in earth belonged to Jesus—will you be sceptical now in the valley of humiliation? Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." NET Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" NLT Mark 9:24 The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!" ESV Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" NIV Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" GNT Mark 9:24 εὐθὺς κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου ἔλεγεν, Πιστεύω· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. KJV Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. YLT Mark 9:24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, 'I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.' ASV Mark 9:24 Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. CSB Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe! Help my unbelief." with: 2Sa 16:12 2Ki 20:5 Ps 39:12 126:5 Jer 14:17 Lu 7:38,44 Ac 10:19,31 2Co 2:4 2Ti 1:4 Heb 5:7 12:17 help: Lu 17:5 Eph 2:8 Php 1:29 2Th 1:3,11 Heb 12:2 Mark 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries WHAT A PLAINTIVE POWERFUL PRAYER! Plaintive expresses a mournful, sorrowful cry. It is a cry from one who is deeply grieved in his soul as was this desperate father. Lenski's translation - Immediately the father of the child with a yell went on to say, I do believe! Be helping my unbelief! Immediately (euthus) the boy's father cried out (krazo) and said I do believe (pisteuo); help (boetheo) my unbelief (apistia) - He humbled himself and confessed his unbelief but boldly cried out for Jesus to help his unbelief. He again uses the great verb boetheo, but this time in the present imperative, a cry for continual help with his faith. "Cried out indicates that he responded with deep emotion as he sought to rise to the demand for faith made on him." (Hiebert) THOUGHT - Is this not the crying need of every one of our hearts which too often manifest feeble, faltering faith? I think it is (and will certainly speak for myself). God, hear our prayer for supernatural help for our weak faith, for Your glory and honor. In Jesus' Name. Amen. “I believe; help my unbelief” is at once a statement of faith and an admission that our faith is far from perfect. -- GotQuestions.org John