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Mark 9 — Sermon Preparation
The Transfiguration, a demon-possessed boy healed, a second passion prediction, a dispute about greatness, and warnings about causing others to stumble. Below is a research summary for Mark 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 55
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Mark 9 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπερωτάω | eperōtáō | G1905 | 6 | ask, demand, desire, question |
| καλός | kalós | G2570 | 6 | better, fair, good, honest |
| δύναμαι | dýnamai | G1410 | 6 | be able, can, could, may |
| εἷς | heîs | G1520 | 6 | a, abundantly, man, one |
| εἰσέρχομαι | eisérchomai | G1525 | 5 | arise, come, enter in, go in |
| δέχομαι | déchomai | G1209 | 4 | accept, receive, take |
| πῦρ | pŷr | G4442 | 4 | fiery, fire |
How preachers through history handled this text
55 public-domain excerpts on Mark 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believing. If thou canst believe, it is possible that thy hard heart may be softened, thy spiritual diseases may be cured; and, weak as thou art, thou mayest be able to hold out to the end. Those that complain of unbelief, must look up to Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace will be sufficient for them. Whom Christ cures, he cures effectually. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 9:14–29 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Galilee 1— Mark 9:30
- Capernaum— Mark 9:33
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