When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
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Gill's Exposition
When Jesus saw that the people came running together,.... "to him", as the Syriac version adds, and so the Persic; upon hearing the vehement cry of the father of the child, and the earnest…
See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 17:14-21. Mar 9:14 Questioning with them - Debating with the disciples, and attempting to confound them. This he saw as he came down from the mount. In…
Adam Clarke
I charge thee - Considerable emphasis should be laid on the pronoun: - Thou didst resist the command of my disciples, now I command thee to come out. If this had been only a natural disease, for…
We have here the story of Christ casting the devil out of a child, somewhat more fully related than it was in Mat 17:14, etc. Observe here,
I. Christ's return to his disciples, and the perplexity he…
Cambridge Bible
I charge thee Notice the words of majestic command, Icharge thee, I, whom thou darest not to disobey, and against whom it is vain for thee to struggle.
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