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Mat_17:15. The lunatic, whose malady was regarded as the result of demoniacal possession (Mat_17:18; Mar_5:16; Luk_5:39), was evidently suffering from epilepsy, and, according to Mark, deprived of the power of speech as well.
κακῶς πάσχειν ] to be ill (opposite of εὖ πάσχ .), is likewise very common among classical writers. Hom. Od. xvi. 275; Plat. Menex. p. 244 B; Xen. Anab. iii. 3. 7; Herod, iii. 146.