Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Mark 9:17
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Mark9:17
17. And one of the multitude answered, and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son--"mine only child" (Lu 9:38).
which hath a dumb spirit--a spirit whose operation had the effect of rendering his victim speechless, and deaf also (Mr 9:25). In Matthew's report of the speech (Mt 17:15), the father says "he is lunatic"; this being another and most distressing effect of the possession.
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