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Mark 9:18

Mark 9:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

teareth him: or, dasheth him, ; ;

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. ;

gnasheth: ; ; ;

and they: , ; ; , ;

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