canst do anything, ver. 22. — Tw -r/ffi-euom, to him that beliereth) Faith on the part of man, as an instrument, adapts itself to the Divine omnipotence, so as to receive, or even to act. [This is the dative of advantage. — V. g.j
24. Eof)6n fj>ou rri acr/crr/a, help Thou mine unbelief) by remov ing mine unbelief: or else by healing my son, even though I have not sufficient faith. Comp. the help, j3or]6r,eov, ver. 22.
25. As, but) Jesus everywhere avoided a din. — dxaddpru
— aXaXo* — xupov, unclean — dumb — deaf) The spirit made the wretched boy be so, or else even the spirit itself was so [unclean, dumb, and deaf]. — lyta aoi sKirdaaw, I charge thee) I, in antithesis to the disciples, who had not been able to cast out the demon : the disciples themselves say, ice, ver. 28 [Why could not we cast him out ?]. This illustrates the great power of the Lord. The spirit was only the more exasperated to fury by the inability of the disciples. — pyxm, no more any longer) Those who in the be ginning of life have undergone continued adversities, sometimes receive, as it were, a greater privilege as to the rest of their life.
— tts'eMris, enter into} The spirit would have wished to enter again into him.
26. Kpd^av, having cried} although it would have preferred, in the present case, to have been altogether dumb. — o-~apd^a.^ having rent) In the vouchsafing of the Divine aid, the body of man is not always handled softly. A violent going out was the sign of a more permanent deliverance.
27. "Hy£/f£v, raised him up) A new part of the miracle.
28. "Or/) HD^ LXX. render on, Isa. Iviii. 3 ; 1 Chron. xvii. 6.
29. AiWra/, can) That is, by no means can you cast out this class of enemies, save with the accompaniment of prayer and fasting.
30. llapfxopfvovro, they were passing by) not through the cities, but going past passing by~\ them. — O\JK rrf&.tv, ha rig yv&, He would not that any should know) Hence may be inferred the reason, why the Saviour sometimes forbade Himself to be spoken of abroad, whilst at other times He did not forbid it : ver. 31. *
31. 'Edidaffxsv, He teas teaching) Not merely in a few words,
1 Implies that His reason in the former case was, that He did not wish to hurry forward His crucifixion before the due time. — ED. and TRANSL.