23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,



Ver. 23. With an unclean spirit] Gr. åí ðñåõìáôé áêáèáñôù . In an unclean spirit. An unregenerate man is in maligno positus, as St John saith of the world, 1Jn_5:19. He is inversus decalogus; whole evil is in man, and whole man in evil, till at last (without grace) he be satanized and transformed into a breathing devil. By reason of the inhabitation of unclean spirits, our spirits have in them trenches, cages, forts, and strongholds of Satan, 2Co_10:4.