Reference: Possession
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POSSESSION
1. Meaning of the term.
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Then his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
As they were going out, behold, a mute and demon-possessed man was brought to him.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and he healed him, so that the mute man both spoke and saw.
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, 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 and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."
Then great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them.
saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!" But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
Now at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.
And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me."
So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.
And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not."
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he was not one of us."
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken."
Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
And he came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and be healed of their diseases,
At that very hour he cured many of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he gave sight.
and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out,
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."
And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.'
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
The people answered, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?"
I in them, and you in me; that they may become perfectly one, and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them even as you have loved me.
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;
But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
Smith
Possession.
[DEMONIACS]
See Demoniacs