Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:26
And when the unclean spirit had torn him - And had thrown him down in the midst, Luke 4:35 , και σπαραξαν , and convulsed him. Never was there a person possessed by an unclean spirit who did not suffer a convulsion, perhaps a total ruin of nature by it. Sins of uncleanness, as the apostle intimates, are against the body; they sap the foundation of life, so that there are very few of this class, whether male or female, that live out half their days: they generally die martyrs to their... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:25
And Jesus rebuked him - A spirit of this cast will only yield to the sovereign power of the Son of God. All watchings, fasting, and mortifications, considered in themselves, will do little or no good. Uncleanness, of every description, will only yield to the rebuke of God. read more