had torn him i. e. thrown him into strong convulsions, and according to St Luke's account, into the midst(Luke 4:35), comp. Mark 9:26. The first miracle recorded by St Matt. is the healing of a leper by a touch (Matthew 8:1-4); the first miracle which St John records is the changing water into wine (John 2:1-11); the first miracle recorded by St Mark and St Luke (Luke 4:33-37) is this casting out of a demon in the synagogue of Capernaum.

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