He answered him, and said,
O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Troubled him. Gr. ε̉σπάÏαξεν, i.e, bruised, tore, convulsed his whole body. Wherefore it is added in explanation, and being thrown down upon the ground, he wallowed about foaming, because, in fact, the demon was experiencing the power of Christ, and foresaw that he would speedily be cast out, therefore with indignation and gnashing of teeth he thus grievously afflicted and tormented the energumen.
