Mark 9:17-18

9:17

I brought <5342> [I.]

mute <216> [a dumb.]

9:18

him it throws him down .................... it <846 4486> [teareth him. or, dasheth him.]

he foams at the mouth <875> [he foameth.]

As these symptoms accord very much with those of epileptic persons, some have ventured to assert that it was no real possession; but the evangelist expressly affirms that he had a "dumb spirit" which tare him, that our Lord charged him to "come out of him," etc.

grinds <5149> [gnasheth.]

and .......... and ............ but they were ... able <2532 2480> [and they.]