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  • Mark 9:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 So they brought the boy to him, but at the sight of him, the spirit at once threw the child into convulsions. After falling on the ground, he kept rolling about, foaming at the mouth.

  • Mark 9:20
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 20 καὶ And ἤνεγκαν they brought αὐτὸν him πρὸς toward αὐτόν. him. καὶ And ἰδὼν having seen αὐτὸν him τὸ the πνεῦμα spirit εὐθὺς at once συνεσπάραξεν threw into convulsions αὐτόν, him, καὶ and πεσὼν having fallen ἐπὶ upon τῆς the γῆς earth ἐκυλίετο he was rolling ἀφρίζων. foaming.

  • Mark 9:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 So they brought him to him. But at the sight of him the spirit at once threw [the child]* into convulsions, and after falling on the ground he kept rolling about, foaming.+

  • Mark 9:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20 and they brought him to him. And upon seeing him the demon threw him into a convulsion at once, and he fell on the ground and rolled there foaming.

  • Mark 9:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

  • Mark 9:20
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 20 And they brought him unto him. And seeing him the spirit straightway tare him,—and falling upon the ground he wallowed foaming.

  • Mark 9:20
    King James Version
    • 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 9:20 w64 91; g63 5/8 20

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 9:20

      convulsions: In this particular case, demon activity was associated with epileptic symptoms. However, the Scriptures do not imply that epilepsy is generally caused by demon possession any more than deafness and speechlessness are. (Compare Mr 9:17, 25.) Rather, Mt 4:24 reports that people brought to Jesus ailing ones who included those who were “demon-possessed and epileptic,” drawing a distinction between these two types of individuals.​—See study note on Mt 4:24.

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