Mark 9:26 (WEB)

Passage

After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”

Nearby Context

Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”

Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”

Mark 9:26 After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”

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

Mark 9:28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "crying", "convulsing", "greatly", "came", "became", "like", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "crying", 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 a multitude came..." into verse 27's "But Jesus took him by the hand...", so "after" and "crying" 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 "after" and "crying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.