Mark 9:19 Meaning and Explanation
“He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus grieves over a faithless generation, then commands that the boy be brought to Him.
What Does Mark 9:19 Mean?
Jesus laments: O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? The cry echoes Moses and the prophets over unbelieving Israel (Deuteronomy 32:20), and it reaches beyond the nine to scribes, crowd, and all. Heaven's patience is real, but it is patience, and it carries what grieves it.
Yet the lament ends not in dismissal but in invitation: bring him unto me. Weariness does not close His arms; the faithless generation is still summoned to His feet. That command is the hinge of this story and of countless stories since. Whatever has defeated every other remedy, the word still stands: bring it to me.
Mark 9:19 in the Original Language
anechomai (ἀνέχομαι), 'suffer' -- to bear with or put up with; here suffer means endure.
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What does Mark 9:19 mean?
Jesus grieves over a faithless generation, then commands that the boy be brought to Him.