Mark 9:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him; and he was as one dead, so that many said, He is dead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ κράξαν, καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόν, ἐξῆλθεν: καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός· ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν, ὅτι Ἀπέθανεν.

Transliteration

And kraxan, and polla sparaxan him, exēlthen: and egeneto hōsei nekros; hōste pollous legein, that He apethanen.

Grammar Details

• *kraxan*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having cried out
• *polla*: accusative, neuter, plural - many/much
• *sparaxan*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having convulsed
• *exēlthen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - it came out
• *egeneto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - he became
• *hōsei*: comparative particle - as/like
• *nekros*: nominative, masculine, singular - dead (one)
• *hōste*: conjunction - so that/with the result that
• *pollous*: accusative, masculine, plural - many
• *legein*: present, active, infinitive - to say
• *apethanen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - he died

Word Meanings

• *kraxan*: having cried out/shrieked/screamed
• *polla*: many times/greatly/severely
• *sparaxan*: having convulsed/torn/shaken violently
• *exēlthen*: came out/went forth
• *egeneto*: became/happened to be
• *hōsei*: as/like/as if
• *nekros*: dead/corpse/lifeless
• *hōste*: so that/with the result that
• *legein*: to say/declare
• *apethanen*: died/was dead

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The spirit cried out, convulsed him violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, 'He is dead.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the sprete cryed and rent him sore and came out: And he was as one that had bene deed in so moche yt many sayde he is deed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he cried, and rent him sore, and departed. And he was as though he had bene deed, in so moch that many sayde: he is deed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out, and he was as one dead, in so much that many said, He is dead.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the spirite, when he had cryed and rent him sore, came out of hym: and he was as one that had ben dead, insomuch that many sayde, he is dead.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 9:20 : 20 And they brought him to him; and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
• Rev 12:12 : 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.
• Exod 5:23 : 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.
• Mark 1:26 : 26 And when the unclean spirit convulsed him and cried with a loud voice, it came out of him.
• Mark 9:18 : 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid; and I spoke to your disciples that they should cast it out, but they could not.