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Mark 9:28

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “when was entering” (εἰσελθόντος) before He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of Him” (αὐτοῦ) before in here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “coming” (εἰσελθόντα) before He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Him” (αὐτόν·) before in here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἰσελθόντοςeiselthontoswas comeεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.was comeαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.οἶκονoikonhouseοἶκος (oikos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “house”, the object formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκατ’katprivatelyκατά (kata)preposition — “privately”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.privatelyἰδίανidianone's ownἴδιος (idios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one's own”, the object formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.This verse uses “one's own”.ἐπηρώτωνepērōtōnto questionἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to question”, an ongoing action in the pastG1905I interrogate, question, demand of.This verse uses “question”.αὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὍτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἠδυνήθημενēdunēthēmenbe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural — “be able”, a single actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἐκβαλεῖνekbaleinto outἐκβάλλω (ekballō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to out”, a single actionG1544I throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce.outαὐτόautoheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰσελθόνταeiselthontawas comeεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.αὐτόνautonhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “his”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself — 'Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out?

Young’s Literal Translation

And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself — 'Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out?

Douay-Rheims

And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

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