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John Gill
For he had commanded the unclean spirit..... That had the rest of the devils under his authority, and power, to come out of the man; this he had done, either before, or just as he came up to him; [See comments on Mr 5:8]. For oftentimes it had caught him; possessed him, and wrought so strongly in him, and with so much fury, that there was no governing him: and he was kept bound with chains and...
Matthew Henry
Most of this chapter is a repetition of divers passages of Christ's preaching and miracles which we had before in Matthew and Mark; they are all of such weight, that they are worth repeating, and therefore they are repeated, that out of the mouth not only of two, but of three, witnesses every word may be established. Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching, and how he had subsistence...
Charles H. Spurgeon
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bonds, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) Such cases have we often seen, — young men who have been rescued from a course of vice, and who have been for a season helped towards virtue; but they have broken loose again....