Mark 9:18
It seizes him and it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not.”
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Job 16:9God has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me; 1 He grinds his teeth in rage; 1 my enemy fastens his eyes on me as he tears me apart. 1
Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
Matthew 17:16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Mark 9:20They brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw him into a convulsion. The boy fell on the ground and foamed at the mouth.
Mark 9:28When Jesus came into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Luke 9:39You see, a spirit takes control over him and he suddenly screams; it causes him to have convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him and it bruises him badly.
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:15-30
The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit. 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his… Read the whole commentary →