A man brought his son to be healed by Jesus. Because Jesus was on a mountain with Peter, James, and John, the other disciples tried to drive out the evil spirit but they could not. And when Jesus came down from the mountain, he found the Pharisees arguing with his disciples about whether he was a fraud or not, and the whole crowd in uproar. In this passage, the crowd witnessed the lack of power of the disciples. They witnessed the accusations of the teachers of the law against Jesus. So, Jesus waited until the crowd comes running to the scene. He wanted everyone to see what he was going to do next. And what Jesus did next is awe-inspiring. With his word of power, he commanded the spirit to leave the boy and never return. Then, in a dramatic scene, the evil spirit dramatically left the boy.