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| | The Legion of Devils |
 | | Luke says that the man Legion had demons long time; and which demons, as I said before, he styles "the unclean spirit," and "the demon." Matthew's phrase, parallel and expletive of Luke's, is demonized exceedingly fierce. |
 | | A man demonized so as to be exceedingly fierce, is to have demons, even a legion of them; and to be "in" or of "a vicious spirit," temper, or disposition; and where incurable, to be untamable. |
 | | These were the ravings of delirium; and as the man called himself "many demons," Mark attributes these ravings to "all the demons," if indeed the reading is to be accepted, which is equivalent to attributing them to the man himself bearing that name. |
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