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John Gill
And there was in their synagogue,.... In the synagogue of the Capernaites, at the same time that Jesus was teaching there, a man with an unclean spirit: not with an unclean heart, for there were doubtless many such there, but that had a devil; for in Lu 4:33, it is said, "he had a spirit of an unclean devil": so called, because he is impure in himself, and the cause of uncleanness in men, in...
Matthew Henry
The Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, Let us alone; How often that is still the cry of sinners, “Let us alone. Why do not you hold your own views, and let us alone? “Yes the devils, and those whom they control, still say, “Let us alone.” But it is a part of the gospel to attack that which is not the gospel, and it is as much the duty of the...