Mat 12:43, Mar 1:34, 5:2, 7:25, 9:25, Luk 4:33-37 | TSK | STEP | when.Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed. the unclean. he. dry. seeking.

Matthew 12:43

when.Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed.

the unclean.

Lu 11:24; Ac 8:13

he.

Job 1:7; 2:2; 1Pe 5:8

dry.

Ps 63:1; Isa 35:6,7; 41:18; Eze 47:8-12; Am 8:11-13

seeking.

8:29; Mr 5:7-13; Lu 8:28-32

Mark 1:34

and suffered.

25; 3:12; Lu 4:41; Ac 16:16-18

speak, because they. or, say that they.

Mark 5:2

out.

Isa 65:4; Lu 8:27

a man.Matthew gives a brief account of two demoniacs who were dispossessed on this occasion; but Mark and Luke omit the mention of one (who was perhaps not so remarkable). That these wretched men were not merely mad, as some suppose, but really possessed of evil spirits, appears clearly from the language employed, as well as from the narrative itself. Matthew expressly affirms that they were "possessed with devils," or demoniacs, [daimonizomai ;] Mark says he had "an unclean spirit," i.e., a fallen spirit; and Luke asserts, that he "had devils (or demons) a long time," and was called Legion, "because many devils were entered into him." With supernatural strength the demons burst asunder the chains and fetters with which he was bound; they address Christ as the "Son of the most high God;" they beseech him to suffer them to enter into the swine; and when he had given them leave, they "went out and entered into the swine," etc.

with.

8; 1:23,26; 3:30; 7:25; Lu 9:42

Mark 7:25

Mt 15:22

whose.

9:17-23

at.

1:40; 5:22,23,33; Lu 17:16; Ac 10:25,26; Re 22:8,9

Mark 9:25

he rebuked.

1:25-27; 5:7,8; Zec 3:2; Mt 17:18; Lu 4:35,41; 9:42; Jude 1:9

thou.If this had been only a natural disease, as some have contended, could our Lord with any propriety have thus addressed it? If the demoniacal possession had been false, or merely a vulgar error, would our Lord, the Revealer of truth, have thus established falsehood, sanctioned error, or encouraged deception, by teaching men to ascribe effects to the malice and power of evil spirits, which they had no agency in producing? Impossible! Such conduct is utterly unworthy the sacred character of the Redeemer.

Isa 35:5,6; Mt 9:32,33; 12:22; Lu 11:14

I charge.

Lu 8:29; Ac 16:18

Luke 4:33-37

Mr 1:23

Let us alone. or, Away.

8:37; Ac 16:39

what.

41; 8:28; Mt 8:29; Mr 1:24,34; 5:7; Jas 2:19

art.

Ge 3:15; Heb 2:14; 1Jo 3:8; Re 20:2

the Holy One.

1:35; Ps 16:10; Da 9:24; Ac 2:27; 3:14; 4:27; Re 3:7

Jesus.

39,41; Ps 50:16; Zec 3:2; Mt 8:26; 17:18; Mr 3:11,12; Ac 16:17,18

thrown.

9:39,42; 11:22; Mr 1:26; 9:26; Re 12:12

They were.

Mt 9:33; 12:22,23; Mr 1:27; 7:37

What.

32; 10:17-20; Mr 16:17-20; Ac 19:12-16

they come.

1Pe 3:22

the fame.[Echos ,] the sound; a very elegant metaphor, says Dr. Adam Clarke. The people are represented as struck with astonishment, and the sound goes out through all the coasts; in allusion to the propagation of sound by a smart stroke upon any substance.

14; Isa 52:13; Mt 4:23-25; 9:26; Mr 1:28,45; 6:14