Mark 9:18
teareth him or, dasheth him, Mark 9:26; Matt 15:22; Luke 9:39 he foameth As these symptoms accord very much with those of epileptic persons, some have ventured to assert that it was no real possession; but the evangelist expressly affirms that he had a "dumb spirit" which tare him, that our Lord charged him to "come out of him," etc. Mark 9:20; Jude 1:13 gnasheth Job 16:9; Ps 112:10; Matt 8:12; Acts 7:54 and they Mark 9:28-29, Mark 11:23; 2Kgs 4:29-31; Matt 17:16, Matt 17:19-21; Luke 9:40
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