Having torn much (σπαραξας). The uncompounded verb used in verse 20.

Became as one dead (εγενετο ωσε νεκρο…

Rent him sore.—The verb is the same as the “tare him” of Mark 9:20, and implies a spasm, as of horror, convulsi…

If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, …

Theophylact of Ohrid: After He had shown His glory on the mountain to the three disciples, He returned to the other discipl…

The demon’s exorcism was accompanied by cries and convulsions. The effect on the boy was so severe that he seemed to the crowd to be dead. Complete…

And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore
We rightly supply, "the spirit", as do the Syriac and Persic versions, "th…

The father of the suffering youth reflected on the lack of power in the disciples, but Christ would have him attribute the disappointment to the la…