SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #138
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Saying: "What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God." And Jesus threatened him, saying: "Speak no more, and go out of the man." And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him. (Mark 1:23-26)
THE HATRED AND POWER OF THE DEVIL: The devil hates and envies man, and does all he can to injure him. Before our Lord came, the devil had obtained a great power over men, especially over idolators; and when our Blessed Redeemer came to conquer Satan, the latter made a last and desperate effort to maintain his supremacy. This is why, during our Lord's sojourn on earth, there were so many cases of possession. They were by the eternal counsel of God permitted, in order that the object of our Lord's mission as well as His power and glory might be manifest.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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