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and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren`t able."
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The Brutal Reality of Evil
Commentators emphasize the graphic language used to describe the boy's condition. Words like "seizes," "convulses," and "pineth away" (withering) paint a picture of a brutal, life-draining spiritual attack. Scholars note this was likely a combination of a natural illness like epilepsy and demonic possession, showing the devastating impact of evil on a person's physical and spiritual well-being.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And wherever. In whatever place, at home or abroad, alone or in public.
He tears him. He rends, distracts, or throws into …
Wheresoever it taketh him (οπου εαν αυτον καταλαβη). Seizes him down. Our word catalepsy is this same word. The word is used by Ga…
19th Century
Baptist
And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long s…
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Jesus’ inquiry as to what the other disciples and the crowd were arguing about brought a reply from a man who had brought his demon-possessed and e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And wheresoever he taketh him The spirit, or devil, whether it be near fire, or water, whatsoever danger, or dangero…
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…
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