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straightway = immediately. See note on Mar_1:10, Mar_1:12.
string = band. Not a physiological or technical ex pression, but the bond of demoniac influence which is thus indicated. The Papyri contain detailed prescriptions for "binding" a man; and cases are particu larly common in which a man's tongue is specially to be bound. See Prof. Deissmann's Light from the Ancient East, pp. 306-310. The Lord alludes to this in Luk_13:16.
loosed. The demoniac's fetters were loosed, and the work of Satan was undone.
spake = began speaking.
plain = correctly. Denoting the fact of articulation, not the words spoken.