Reference: Possession
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POSSESSION
1. Meaning of the term.
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And his fame went abroad into all Syria. And they brought to him all that were sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were possessed with demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he cured them.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many mighty works?
And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.
Cure the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb: and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb man both spoke and saw.
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason, they shall be your judges.
Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation.
And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he cured them;
saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent, and come out of him.
And at evening, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed with demons.
and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd (they were about two thousand,) rushed down a steep place into the sea, and were strangled in the sea.
And they brought to him a deaf man, who spoke with difficulty; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.
And wherever it seizes him, it throws him into convulsions; and he foams, and gnashes with his teeth, and pines away: and I spoke to your disciples to cast him out, and they were not able.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to it: Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to it: Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more.
And John answered him and said: Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and he does not follow us: and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore, you do greatly err.
Now when Jesus had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.
For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.
(as he spoke by the mouth of all his holy prophets of ancient times,)
And he came down with them, and stood in a plain; and with him stood a multitude of his disciples, and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases,
And in that very hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and bestowed sight on many that were blind.
and also certain women that had been cured of evil spirits and diseases; Mary, called Magdalene, out of whom had gone seven demons,
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, that the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes wondered.
And others, that they might tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits, more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
And, behold, there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and was not able to raise herself up at all.
And he said to them: Go and toll that fox, Be hold, I cast out demons, and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I finish the work.
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom, of God.
The multitude answered and said: You have a demon: who seeks to kill you?
I in them, and thou ID me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one consent in one place.
and had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit did not permit them.
But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
I have been crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;
but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:
Smith
Possession.
[DEMONIACS]
See Demoniacs