Luke 8:29
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this…
We have here two illustrious proofs of the power of our Lord Jesus which we had before - his power over the winds, and his power over the devils. See Mk. 4 and 5.
I. His power over the winds, those…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he had commanded Rather, He commanded.
oftentimes Pollois chronoisusually means "for a long time."
he was kept bound with chains and in fetters This rendering misses a curious point in the narrative,…
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