when: Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed. the unclean: Luk 11:24, Act 8:13 he: Job 1:7, Job 2:2, 1Pe 5:8 dry: Psa 63:1, Isa 35:6, Isa 35:7, Isa 41:18, Eze 47:8-12, Amo 8:11-13 seeking: Mat 8:29, Mar 5:7-13, Luk 8:28-32 Reciprocal: 1Sa 16:23 - Saul 1Sa 19:10 - sought Pro 2:13 - leave Isa 44:3 - dry ground Jer 34:11 - General Eze 3:20 - and his Eze 18:24 - and doeth Zec 13:2 - unclean Mat 7:27 - General Mat 22:1 - General Mar 1:23 - a man Luk 6:49 - immediately Eph 2:2 - the spirit Heb 10:26 - if Heb 10:38 - but 2Pe 2:20 - after