Marcos 9

Marcos 9

Trapp - “Lord, I believe,” etc. This act of his, in putting forth his faith to believe as he could, was the way to believe as he would. O help us, through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe; For still the more Thy servant hath, The more shall he receive. Milman. Hiebert - He did have faith as required, but his second exclamation frankly acknowledged his consciousness of its weakness. Help calls for the Lord’s continued help in rising to a stronger faith. Mine unbelief is his designation of his half faith that needed strengthening by the removal of the remaining unbelief to bring it to effectiveness. A faith which declares itself openly and at the same time recognizes its weakness and pleads for help is a growing faith. “Both are the frequent experience of disciples of all times.” The father realized that in order to secure help for his son, he must have help himself. (Gospel of Mark - An Expositional Commentary)