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Selected Verse: Mark 9:17 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 9:17 |
King James |
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And one of the multitude answered, and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son--"mine only child" (Luk 9:38).
which hath a dumb spirit--a spirit whose operation had the effect of rendering his victim speechless, and deaf also (Mar 9:25). In Matthew's report of the speech (Mat 17:15), the father says "he is lunatic"; this being another and most distressing effect of the possession. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And one of the multitude answering - The scribes gave no answer to our Lord's question. They did not care to repeat what they had said to his disciples. A dumb spirit - A spirit that takes his speech from him. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A dumb spirit - That is, a demon who afflicted those in whom it dwelt with an incapacity of speaking. The spirit itself could not be either deaf or dumb. These are accidents that belong only to organized animate bodies. See this case explained, Mat 17:14 (note), etc. |
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,