the demon itself, which had gone out ; but she found that the demon had gone out, i.e. that such was the state of affairs. The force of the verb, found, rests rather on the participle, eZt'/.qXvdbs, than on the noun, TO daipoviov.
31. Tu>v (>fiwv, the boundaries) That is, through the midst of Decapolis. [The region comprising Decapolis was situated, for the most part, outside of Galilee (Matt. iv. 25), beyond Jordan, and some portion of it, if this view be accepted, on the southern side of Galilee, and was accordingly chiefly inhabited by Syrians and heathens. To this region appertain Gadara (Mark v. 20) and Csesarea Philippi. There is frequent mention in the Evangelists, about this time, of the heathen borders ; whence it is evident that the Saviour traversed the whole land of Israel. — Harm. p. 343.] [Ver. 32. xapbv, deaf) The narrative of this deaf man, as also of the blind man, concerning whom ch. viii. 22 treats, is recorded in Mark alone. — V.g.]
33. ' AiroXafStpivoc, taking him aside) The many outward acts [cir cumstances] which Jesus employed in this place, and the looks of others, who were healed, stood in the place of words [a sermon] to this deaf man, until he began to hear, inasmuch as Jesus was thereby healing his soul also. \_IIe imparted to the deaf man His healing poicer first through the avenue of the eyes, then next of the ears. — Harm. p. 343.] Comp. ch. viii. 23 concerning the blind man. — irrvaaz, spitting) The saliva is clean and salutary in its uses.
34. 'E<rr£t/a^£v, He groaned) The power of sighs is great when the heart is straitened, anvp [whence srsva^u]. He who groans, yiij.ii.1 This is a Ka&og [not a feeling which we can command at will ; see Append.] ; for which reason we never find it said in the Psalms, / will sigh, as we find, / will pray, I will cry aloud, I will lament (flebo). Even sudden tears are not under our con trol. But I will lament, in the Psalms, is an act of deliberate purpose. [That groan moved the icr etched sufferer, and awakened in him the desire of relief. — V. g.] — Ippada, Ephphatha) The first word heard by the deaf man.
35. 'Axoa/') that is to say, his powers of hearing. Not merely the one passage for sound in the ear.
1 Yipa, to be full of a thing ; Latin, gemo Comp. mevu, to straiten by over-fulness; hence to groan. This shows the connection of yipa and gemo. — ED. andTKANSL.
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36. Aird/i, £/im) Those who had borne the dumb man. It was rather the part of the spectators to publish it abroad. And yet the former [the bearers] also published the fame of it, ver. 37. Silence was wont especially to be enjoined on those who had been cured of the diseases. — ^aXXou Ktptgfforspov, the more exceed ing abundantly} The comparative contained in the ,uaX?,oy, more, stands in antithesis to His prohibition : that in the Kipisffortpov, exceeding abundantly, stands in antithesis to the publishing of it, which they would have made, had there been no prohibition ; comp. Phil. i. 23, note.
37. KaXwj TS-TO/VJXS, he hath done irell) A formula, airodoxrif, of satisfaction ; Acts x. 33 ; Phil. iv. 14. So in the present, 2 Pet. i. 1 9 ; in the future, 3 John ver. 6. So LXX., 1 Kings viii. 18. A similar formula of assenting occurs, Mark xii. 32, Thou hast well said — TO-J;) this deaf man and others [Matt. xv. 30].