And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
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Gill's Exposition
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,.... We rightly supply, "the spirit", as do the Syriac and Persic versions, "the demon"; for it was he, and not the child, that cried, and made an hideous…
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…
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
and rent him sore Observe here the minuteness and exactness of the Evangelist in all the details of the incident. Who was more likely to treasure up every detail of the scene than that Apostle, who…
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