Mark 9:26 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Mark 9:26 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.

Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

Mark 9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "cried", "rent", "sore", "came", "dead", "insomuch", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "cried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "When Jesus saw that the people came..." into verse 27's "But Jesus took him by the hand...", so "Spirit" and "cried" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "cried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.