And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Tearing him: not that the devil tore the poor man's limbs or body; for St. Luke (iv. 35.) expressly tells us, that the devil hurt him not. It means no more, than that he shook him with violent agitations. (Witham)