{A multitude came running together} (episuntrechei
ochlos). A double compound here alone in the N.T. and not in the
old Greek writers. Epitrech(935c) occurs in the papyri, but not
episuntrech(935c). The double compound vividly describes the rapid
gathering of the crowd to Jesus and the epileptic boy to see the
outcome. {Come out of him} (exelthe ex autou). Jesus addresses
the demon as a separate being from the boy as he often does. This
makes it difficult to believe that Jesus was merely indulging
popular belief in a superstition. He evidently regards the demon
as the cause in this case of the boy's misfortune.