Mark 9:26 (YLT)

Passage

and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

Nearby Context

Mark 9:24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'

Mark 9:25 Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

Mark 9:26 and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

Mark 9:27 but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

Mark 9:28 And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself--`Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Jesus having seen that a multitude doth..." into verse 27's "but Jesus having taken him by the...", so "having" 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 "having" and "cried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.