Mark 9:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth 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.

Teareth him

Mark 9:26

Matthew 15:22

Luke 9:39

He foameth

Mark 9:20

Jude 1:13

Gnasheth

And they

Luke 9:40

General references

Mark 5:3

Bible References

Teareth him

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!"

A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"

A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

He foameth

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

Gnasheth

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

And they

Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

Elisha told Gehazi, "Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don't stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child's face."

I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him."

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so."

General references

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.