Mark 9:26 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →With a final cry and convulsion the spirit leaves; the boy lies so still that many say he is dead.
What Does Mark 9:26 Mean?
The spirit obeys, but cruelly: a last shriek, a final convulsion, and it is gone. The boy lies so drained and still that the crowd concludes he is dead. The command of Jesus has been kept, and for a moment the result looks like loss.
Deliverance can leave a person emptied and motionless before it leaves them whole. The crowd pronounces death; Jesus is about to pronounce otherwise. The verse warns against judging God's unfinished work by its hardest moment. Many a soul has lain in that stillness between the breaking of an old bondage and the lifting that follows. The crowd's verdict is not the last word; His hand is.
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What does Mark 9:26 mean?
With a final cry and convulsion the spirit leaves; the boy lies so still that many say he is dead.