Mark 9:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Jesus asked the boy’s father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' He replied, 'Since childhood.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, Πόσος χρόνος ἐστίν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Παιδιόθεν.

Transliteration

And he epērōtēsen the patera of him, How much chronos estin as this gegonen to him? He de eipen, Paidiothen.

Grammar Details

• *epērōtēsen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - asked
• *patera*: accusative singular - father
• *chronos*: nominative singular - time
• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *gegonen*: perfect active, 3rd singular - has happened
• *de*: particle - but/and
• *eipen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - said
• *Paidiothen*: adverb - from childhood

Word Meanings

• *epērōtēsen*: asked/questioned/inquired
• *patera*: father
• *chronos*: time/period/duration
• *gegonen*: has happened/occurred/been
• *eipen*: said/spoke
• *Paidiothen*: from childhood/since he was a child

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he asked his father, How long has this been happening to him? And he said, From childhood.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he axed his father: how longe is it a goo sens this hath happened him? And he sayde of a chylde:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he axed his father: How longe is it, sens this happened vnto him? He sayde: Of a childe,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he asked his father, How long time is it since he hath bin thus? And he said, Of a childe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he asketh his father, howe longe it is a go sence this came vnto hym? And he sayde, of a chylde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he asked his father, ‹How long is it ago since this came unto him?› And he said, Of a child.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, `From childhood,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:33 : 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years; he was paralyzed.
• Acts 14:8 : 8 In Lystra, there was a man who could not use his feet; he was lame from birth and had never walked.
• Job 5:7 : 7 But people are born to trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
• Job 14:1 : 1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
• Mark 5:25 : 25 A certain woman, who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,
• Luke 8:43 : 43 And a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years, and had spent all she had on physicians but could not be healed by anyone,
• Luke 13:16 : 16 Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?
• John 5:5-6 : 5 Now there was a man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been in that condition for a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?'
• John 9:1 : 1 As Jesus was passing by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.
• John 9:20-21 : 20 His parents replied, 'We know he is our son and that he was born blind.' 21 'But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.'
• Acts 3:2 : 2 And a man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day they would set him at the temple gate called Beautiful so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.
• Acts 4:22 : 22 For the man on whom this miraculous sign of healing was performed was over forty years old.