SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:26
Y el espíritu inmundo, sacudindolo con violencia, y clamando a gran voz, sali de l.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 1:26
Verse 26. And when the unclean spirit had torn him] And had thrown him down in the midst, Luke iv. 35, kai sparaxan, and convulsed him. Never was there a person possessed by an unclean spirit who did not suffer a convulsion, perhaps a total ruin of nature by it. Sins of uncleanness, as the apostle intimates, are against the body; they sap the foundation of life, so that there are very few of this class, whether male or female, that live out half their days: they generally die martyrs to their lusts. When the propensities of the flesh are most violent in a person who is determined to serve God, it is often a proof that these are the last efforts of the impure spirit, who has great rages because he knows his time is but short.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. And when the unclean spirit had torn him , etc..] Not that he had torn any limb from him, or had made any wound in any part of his body; for Luke says, ( Luke 4:35), that he hurt him not, but he shook him; and as Luke there says, threw him in the midst, of the people, or synagogue; and so the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read here, he cast him, or threw him to the ground: he threw him into convulsions, and laid him prostrate on the floor: and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him ; though sorely, against his will, as his loud cry showed, and being obliged to it by a superior power.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-28 - The devil is an unclean spirit, because he has lost all the purity of his nature, because he acts in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit of God, and by his suggestions defiles the spirits of men. There are man in our assemblies who quietly attend under merely formal teachers; but if the Lord come with faithful ministers and holy doctrine, and by his convincing Spirit, they are ready to say, like this man, What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth! No disorder could enable a man to know Jesus to be the Holy One of God. He desires to have nothing to d with Jesus, for he despairs of being saved by him, and dreads being destroyed by him. See whose language those speak, that say to the Almighty, Depart from us. This unclean spirit hated and dreaded Christ because he knew him to be a Holy One; for the carnal mind is enmit against God, especially against his holiness. When Christ by his grac delivers souls out of the hands of Satan, it is not without tumult in the soul; for that spiteful enemy will disquiet those whom he cannot destroy. This put all who saw it upon considering, What is this ne doctrine? A work as great often is wrought now, yet men treat it with contempt and neglect. If this were not so, the conversion of notorious wicked man to a sober, righteous, and godly life, by the preaching of a crucified Saviour, would cause many to ask, What doctrine is this?
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ σπαραξαν 4682 5660 V-AAP-NSN αυτον 846 P-ASM το 3588 T-NSN πνευμα 4151 N-NSN το 3588 T-NSN ακαθαρτον 169 A-NSN και 2532 CONJ κραξαν 2896 5660 V-AAP-NSN φωνη 5456 N-DSF μεγαλη 3173 A-DSF εξηλθεν 1831 5627 V-2AAI-3S εξ 1537 PREP αυτου 846 P-GSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
26. Had torn (sparaxan). Rev., tearing, convulsions in margin. Luke has had thrown him down in the midst. Mark adds the crying out with a loud voice.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:26 {Tearing him} (sparaxan auton). Margin, {convulsing him} like a spasm. Medical writers use the word for the rotating of the stomach. #Lu 4:35 adds "when the demon had thrown him down in the midst." Mark mentions the "loud voice" (fonei megalei), a screech, in fact. It was a moment of intense excitement.
