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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And one of the multitude answered and said,.... The Scribes made no reply, being afraid to engage with him, whom they had often found too hard for them; and the disciples, if they were spoken to, were silent, through shame, because they had not succeeded in the cure of the person brought to them, which gave their enemies an handle against them:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: A case of dreadful epilepsy accompanied with satanic possession.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. It was an aggravated case of epilepsy, attended...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered — One who had a peculiar reason for answering; just as, I trust there will be one in this multitude before me who will have a peculiar reason for listening to my message, and a peculiar reason for remembering it after it is delivered: “One of the multitude answered” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; We do not know if the scribes gave any answer to Christ’s question; and it does not signify at all. What does always signify is practical, living, earnest prayer. So what the scribes may have said is not recorded, but the prayer of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And wheresoever he taketh him,.... The spirit, or devil, whether it be near fire, or water, whatsoever danger, or dangerous place: he teareth him; or throws him into it, or dashes him against it; or inwardly racks, tortures, and convulses him: and he foameth; at the mouth, like one that is mad: and gnasheth with his teeth; through the excessive...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. That is a grand piece of advice, and a blessed word of permit — “Bring him unto me.” There is no case so bad but, if you bring it to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. No, it was no use going to the disciples, it is of no avail to pray to saints and angels; go to the Master himself. “Straightforward makes the best runner.”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He answereth him,.... The father of the child, and who is included in the reproof afterwards given, for his unbelief, and taking part with the Scribes against his disciples; though the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "them"; meaning not his disciples, but the Scribes and Pharisees, with the father of the child: and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. Unbelief is a great trouble to Christ. I never read that he said to the poor or to the sick, “How long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?” I never read that he expressed any weariness of human ignorance,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. Grand words: “Bring him unto me.” Lord, he has a dumb spirit. “Bring him unto me.” It is the devil who is his enemy. “Bring him unto me.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they brought him unto him,.... The father of the child, and those that were with him, brought the child to Jesus, into his presence, before him: and when he saw him, that is, either when Jesus saw the child, or the child saw Jesus; or the evil spirit in him, and by him which were all at once: straightway the spirit tare him; threw him into a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him unto him: Some came to help the father, probably the bringing of the young man was too much an effort for one alone. “They brought him unto him.” Two or three of you with united prayer can do what, peradventure, one man’s prayer would not. Come, help one another. “Bear ye one another’s burdens” in prayer. I would suggest that,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him, and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, how long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, of a child. A terrible case.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And having begun with that sorrowful subject, the father, with the painful eloquence of pity, went on to tell the tale...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; As soon as ever Christ looked at him, “the spirit tare him.” One look from Christ awakes the devil. Sometimes, sinners are worse for a time when Christ looks upon them. The devil always has great wrath, when he knoweth that his time is short; and he rages and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. What a dreadful sight! He struggled on the ground, like one in a fit of epilepsy.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. A terrible case.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he asked his father,.... As he lay rolling about in this miserable condition, that the length and stubbornness of his disorder might be known, and so the cure the more remarkable, and appear the more expressive of his divine power and goodness: how long is it ago since this came unto him? since this evil spirit entered into him, and these...