Markus 9:18-22

9:18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but ¹  they were not able to do so.” ²  9:19 He answered them, ³  “You ⁴  unbelieving ⁵  generation! How much longer ⁶  must I be with you? How much longer must I endure ⁷  you? ⁸  Bring him to me.” 9:20 So they brought the boy ⁹  to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He ¹⁰  fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 9:21 Jesus ¹¹  asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 9:22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

[9:18]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[9:18]  ² tn The words “to do so” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity and stylistic reasons.

[9:19]  ³ tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the phrasing of the sentence was modified slightly to make it clearer in English.

[9:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (w), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.”

[9:19]  ⁵ tn Or “faithless.”

[9:19]  sn The rebuke for lack of faith has OT roots: Num 14:27; Deut 32:5, 30; Isa 59:8.

[9:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “how long.”

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Or “put up with.” See Num 11:12; Isa 46:4.

[9:19]  ⁸ sn The pronouns you…you are plural, indicating that Jesus is speaking to a group rather than an individual.

[9:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “him.”

[9:20]  ¹⁰ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:21]  ¹¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.