23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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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.
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, …
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-28)As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan, and cure sick souls. In these verses, we have, I. Christ’s casting the devil out of a man that was possessed, in the synagogue at Capernaum. This passage was not related in Matthew, but is afterward…
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