Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 9:26
And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
26. and rent him sore ] Observe here the minuteness and exactness of the Evangelist in all the details of the incident. Who was more likely to treasure up every detail of the scene than that Apostle, who had been with His Master on the Mount of Glorification?
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
26. And the spirit cried, and renthim sore, and came out of him; and he was as one dead; insomuch thatmany said, He is deadThe malignant, cruel spirit, nowconscious that his time was come, gathers up his whole strength, withintent by a last stroke to kill his victim, and had nearly succeeded.But the Lord of life was there; the Healer of all maladies, theFriend of sinners, the Seed of the woman, “the Stronger than thestrong man armed,” was there. The very faith which Christdeclared to be enough for everything being now found, it was notpossible that the serpent should prevail. Fearfully is he permittedto bruise the heel, as in this case; but his own headshall go for ithis works shall be destroyed (1Jo3:8).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore,…. We rightly supply, “the spirit”, as do the Syriac and Persic versions, “the demon”; for it was he, and not the child, that cried, and made an hideous noise, at his ejection; being filled with wrath and rage, that he must be obliged to quit the possession he had so long held; and therefore, in spite and malice, before it left him, shook and tore him, and threw him into dreadful convulsions:
and came out of him; though sore against his will, being obliged to it, by the superior power of Christ:
and he was as one dead: that is, the child, when the devil had left him, lay as still as if he had no breath, nor life in him:
insomuch that many said, he is dead; really dead: that there was no life in him, nor any hopes of his coming to himself again.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Having torn much (). The uncompounded verb used in verse 20.
Became as one dead ( ). As if dead from the violence of the spasm. The demon did him all possible harm in leaving him.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,”(kai kralksas kai polla sparalksas) “And the unclean spirit, crying aloud, caused convulsions to him,” to the young man, Mar 9:18; Luk 9:42.
2) “And came out of him: (ekselthen) “And came out and away from him,” as also told in Mat 17:18.
3) “And he was as one dead;” (kai egeneto hosei) ”And he became as a dead person,” in appearance. The evil spirit did his worst, since it was his last dominion over the young man.
4) “Insomuch that many said, He is dead.” (hoste tous pollous legein hoti apethanen) “So that or causing many of those gathered around to say that he died.”
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(26) Rent him sore.The verb is the same as the tare him of Mar. 9:20, and implies a spasm, as of horror, convulsing the whole frame. The corpse-like falling as one dead, and the cry of many (better, the manyi.e., the greater part, most of them) that he was dead, and our Lords taking the boy by the hand, and the question of the disciples, are all peculiar to St, Mark.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26. Rent him Wrenched him around the space, as if struggling in the act of throwing the child off from his position. As one dead Not only prostrated by the convulsions, but left in complete exhaustion and apparent lifelessness.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And having cried out, and convulsed him greatly, it came out, and the child became as a dead person, insomuch that the great majority (or even ‘all’) said, “He is dead”.’
The dumb spirit was so affected that it found voice. Its dumbness and deafness had been part of its defence against intrusion. Now, however, it ‘cried out’. And as it came out it made one last attempt for a kind of victory. It would kill its host. Its exit was with such great disturbance that the young man lay as if dead, so much so that a great many, if not all, said that he was dead. (We note here how Mark clearly distinguishes between death and seeming death. How much more effective to have said that the boy was dead. But both Peter and Mark were honest witnesses. The boy looked dead, but they were not sure and so they said nothing).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
Ver. 26. And rent him sore ] The nearer any is to help and comfort, the more Satan roareth and rageth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mar 9:26 describes a final fit, apparently worse than the preceding. It was evidently an aggravated type of epilepsy, fit following on fit and producing utter exhaustion. Mark’s elaborate description seems to embody the recollections of one on whom the case had made a great impression.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
cried = cried out.
rent him = threw him into convulsions.
as one = as though.
said, He is = said that he was.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mar 9:26. , having cried) although it would have preferred, in the present case, to have been altogether dumb.-, having rent) In the vouchsafing of the Divine aid, the body of man is not always handled softly. A violent going out was the sign of a more permanent deliverance.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
cried: Mar 9:18, Mar 9:20, Mar 1:26, Exo 5:23, Rev 12:12
Reciprocal: Isa 35:5 – the ears Mar 5:8 – General Luk 4:35 – thrown Luk 9:39 – lo Luk 9:42 – the devil Act 8:7 – unclean Act 16:18 – I command Act 20:9 – and was
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The spirit cried which shows it was not dumb, but it had produced dumbness at times in the boy. Having suffered these attacks from early childhood the boy was exhausted when the devil was cast out so that he appeared to be dead.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mar 9:26. Crying out, uttering an inarticulate cry. Spoken of the demon, but with the same hint of intimate connection alluded to in Mar 9:20.
And he became as one dead. Exhaustion followed the excitement, but this very quietude was a token that the demon was gone.
The most part, lit., the many, according to the correct reading. This was the general verdict.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Verse 26
Rent him sore; agitated him with strong convulsions.
Fuente: Abbott’s Illustrated New Testament
9:26 {5} And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
(5) The nearer that the virtue of Christ is the far greater Satan rages.