Davide's Notes

Greek

Notes

9:14

• ελθοντες, aor. part. act. from ερχομαι, "I come". I translate the part. here as "when they came".
• ειδον, aor. ind. act. from οραω, "I see". The aorist participle is ιδοντες (in the next verse).

9:15

• ευθυς, adv. "at once".
• εξεθαμβηθησαν, (weak) aor. ind. pass. from εκθαμβεω, "I amaze, astonish". An ingressive aorist; note the θη (plus secondary active terminations, -ν, -ς, -(ν), -μεν, -τε, -ν) of the weak aor. passive; strong aorists do not have the θ. Remember that passive terminations in the aorist are not for the passive form, but for the middle. This word is peculiar to Mark.
  
• ησπαζοντο, imp. ind. deponent from ασπαζομαι, "I welcome". Remember that the imperfect middle/passive takes middle/passive secondary endings, -μην, -σο, -το, -μεθα, -σθε, -ντο.
  

9:16

• επηρωτησεν, aor. ind. act. from επερωταω, obviously from επι + ερωταω.

9:17

• απεκριθη, aor. ind. dep. from αποκρινομαι, "I begin to speak, answer".
• ηνεγκα, aor. ind. act. from φερω, "I bring".  φερω is quite irregular, as there are three different roots to form tense-stems: the present is formed from ΦΕΡ (φερω), the future from ΟΙΣ (οισω), the aorist, perfect and aorist passive from ΕΝ[Ε|Ο]Κ, e.g. aorist ηνεγκα, perfect ενηνοκα.
• εχοντα, pres. part. act. from εχω, "I have".

9:18

• καταλαβῃ, aor. subj. act. from καταλμβανω, "I seize, possess". Just note that the word catalepsy derives from this. Subj. because of the cond. εαν.
• ρησσει, present ind. act. from ρησσω, "I convulse with spasms". The verb also exists in the form ρηγνυμι.
• αφριζει, pres. ind. act. from αφριζω, "I foam, froth at the mouth"
• τριζει, pres. ind. act. from τριζω, "I gnash, grind".
• ξηπαινεται, pres. ind. pass. from ξηραινω, "I dry up", in this case in the sense of "to become rigid".
• ειπα, aor. ind. act. from λεγω, "I say" (another form of ειπον).
• ισχυσαν, aor. ind. act. from ισχυω, "I am able".

9:19

• αποκριθεις, aor. part. dep. from αποκρινομαι, "I begin to speak" (in this case; other times, "I answer").
• εσομαι, fut. ind. from ειμι.
• ανεξομαι, fut. ind. dep. from ανεχομαι, "I put up with".

9:20

• συνεσπαραξεν, aor. ind. act. from συσπαρασσω, "I convulse" (trans.).
• εκυλιετο, imp. ind. middle/passive from κυλιοω, "I roll".

9:22

• απολεσῃ, aor. subj. act. from απολλυμι, "I destroy, die". Subj. because of ινα, purpose clause.
• δυνῃ, pres. ind. act. from δυναμαι, "I am able". Alternative form of δυνασαι.
• βοηθησον, aor. imperative act. from βοηθεω, "I help".
• σπλαγχνισθεις, aor. part. dep. from σπλαγχνιζομαι, "I feel compassion".

9:25

• επετιμησεν, aor. ind. act. from επιτιμαω, "I rebuke". The derivation of the verb is interesting: τιμαω is "to fix a valuation upon something, to prize" (and by implication, "to value/honour"); επιτιμαω becomes "to tax upon", that is, "to forbid/charge/rebuke".
• επιτασσω, "I command".
• εξελθε, aor. imperative act. from εξερχομαι, "I go/come out".
• μηκετι εισελθῃς, the verb is aor. subj. dep.; note μη + ετι (more), subj. to express prohibition. Remember that the aor. subj. is used to express a prohibition for an action that has not yet begun. In this sense, the spirit could be interpreted to have been already out when Jesus uttered these words.

9:26

• πολλα σπαραξας, aor. part. act. from σπαρασσω, "I convulse". πολλα to be translated there as an adverb.
• εγενετο, aor. ind. act. from our old friend γινομαι, "I become". Pps γινομαι, γενησομαι, εγενομην, γεγονα, γεγενημαι, εγενηθην.

9:27

• κρατησας, aor. part. act. from κρατεω, "I hold" (+ G). From κρατος, "vigor, strength".
• ηγειρεν, aor. ind. act. from εγειρω, "I waken/raise up".
• ανεστη, aor. ind. act. from ανιστημι, "I stand up".

9:28

• εισελθοντος, aor. part. act. from εισερχομαι, "I enter into". Genitive absolute.
• κατ'ιδιαν, "privately", vulg. "secreto interrogabant".
• επηρωτων, imp. ind. act. from επερωταω, "I inquire, seek". The aorist is επηρωτησα. The imperfect here suggests a dynamic action, probably the common progressive imperfect, "were asking" (rather than an ingressive impf., "began to ask").
• ηδυνηθημεν, aor. ind. pass. from δυναμαι, "I am able".

My translation

¹⁴When they came [back] to the disciples, they saw a big crowd around them, and scribes discussing with them.
¹⁵And immediately the whole crowd, seeing him, was amazed; and running toward him they welcomed him.
¹⁶Jesus then asked the disciples, What are you discussing with them?
¹⁷One of the multitude answered him, Master, I brought my son to you because he has a dumb spirit.
18And wherever this spirit takes him, he convulses with spasms, foams, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast him out, but they were not able to do it.
¹⁹Jesus started to speak to them and said, O unfaithful generation, for how long will I be with you? For how long will I put up with you? Bring him to me.
²⁰And they brought him to Jesus; having seen him, the spirit all of a sudden started to convulse and, fallen on the ground, was rolling and foaming.
²¹Jesus then asked his father, Since when is all this happening to him? He replied, Since his youth.
²²And many times the spirit threw him into fire and into water, to kill him. But if you can do anything, have mercy on us and help us.
²³Jesus said to him, If you can! To the believer, everything is possible!
²⁴And at once the father of the young man, crying, started to say, I do believe! Help my unbelief!
²⁵Jesus, having seen that the crowd ran [towards them], rebuked the impure spirit saying to him, Mute and deaf spirit, I order you, come out from him and never return back [into him].
²⁶And after crying out and violently convulsing, the spirit came out. The man became as dead, so that everybody said that he died.
²⁷Jesus then, taken him by the hand, raised him up; and he stood up.
²⁸After the man entered into the house, the disciples were asking him privately, Why were not we able to expel the spirit?
²⁹He said to them, It is only possible to expel this type [of spirit] through prayer.