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Tearing him (σπαραξαν αυτον). Margin,
convulsing him like a spasm. Medical writers use the word for the ro…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
And when the unclean spirit, etc. Still malignant, though doomed to obey—submitting because he was obliged to, not because he chose—he exe…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
He came out of him.—St. Luke adds the fact and hurt him not.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
The Venerable Bede: Since death first entered the world through the envy of the devil, it was right that the medicine of healin…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Jesus needed no magical formulas to exorcise the demon. He addressed it directly and ordered it, “Be quiet!” With this word of power the evil spiri…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
When the unclean spirit had torn him: Luke uses a milder phrase, when the devil had thrown him down; but they agree perfectly reg…
John Gill
JohnGill
And when the unclean spirit had torn him
Not that he had torn any limb from him, or had made any wound in any part o…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The devil is an unclean spirit because he has lost all the purity of his nature, because he acts in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit of God, an…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson