Mark 9:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• 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 certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed.
• Acts 14:8 : 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, powerless in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
• Job 5:7 : 7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
• Job 14:1 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
• Mark 5:25 : 25 And a certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,
• Luke 8:43 : 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed by any,
• Luke 13:16 : 16 And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
• John 5:5-6 : 5 And a certain man was there who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to be made whole?'
• John 9:1 : 1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth.
• John 9:20-21 : 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21 But by what means he now sees, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know: he is of age; ask him: he will speak for himself.
• Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who entered the temple;
• Acts 4:22 : 22 For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.