The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek — the spirit's departure is not peaceful compliance but reluctant, violent, noisy eviction. The shaking and shrieking communicate the spirit's resistance even in defeat: it cannot disobey the command but makes the departure as dramatic as possible. The violence is directed at the man, not at Jesus, who is unaffected by the spirit's protest. The shriek is the demon's final act in the synagogue, a public inarticulate expression of its defeat. The departure is complete and irreversible — the man is free, and the spirit is gone, demonstrating that Jesus' authority over the demonic realm is absolute.

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