And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
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Gill's Exposition
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 of his body; for Luke says, Luk 4:35, that he "hurt him not", but he shook him;…
See also Luk 4:31-37. Mar 1:21 And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Mat 4:13. Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath. The synagogue - See the…
Adam Clarke
And when the unclean spirit had torn him - And had thrown him down in the midst, Luk 4:35, και σπαραξαν, and convulsed him. Never was there a person possessed by an unclean spirit who did not suffer a…
As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan,…
Cambridge Bible
had torn him i. e. thrown him into strong convulsions, and according to St Luke's account, into the midst(Luk 4:35), comp. Mar 9:26. The first miracle recorded by St Matt. is the healing of a leper by…