Mark 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

he taketh. it seizeth hold of.

he teareth him. it dasheth him down.

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, App-6, emphasizing each detail.

foameth. foameth [at the mouth].

gnasheth. grindeth. This and "pineth away" are. Divine supplement, here.

could not. had not [the] power to.

Mark 9:18

18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he tearethb him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.