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teareth him: or, dasheth him, Mar 9:26; Mat 15:22; Luk 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. Mar 9:20; Jud 1:13
gnasheth: Job 16:9; Psa 112:10; Mat 8:12; Act 7:54
and they: Mar 9:28-29, Mar 11:23; 2Ki 4:29-31; Mat 17:16, Mat 17:19-21; Luk 9:40