Reference: Possession
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POSSESSION
1. Meaning of the term.
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And they will come there to Gibeab, and behold, a band of prophets to meet him; and the spirit of God will fall suddenly upon him and he will prophesy in the midst of them.
And it will be on the morrow, and the evil spirit of God will fall upon Saul, and he will prophesy in the midst of the house: and David playing with his hand as the day to day: and a spear in Saul's hand.
And the hand of Jehovah was to Elijah; and he will bind up his loins, and he will run before Ahab, even to thy Coming to Jezreel.
The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah anointed me to announce good news to the afflicted, he sent me to bind up to the broken of heart, to call freedom to the captives, and the opening of the prison to the bound.
And a report went forth of him into the whole of Syria: and they brought to him all those having injuries, being oppressed by various diseases, and trials, and being under the influence of a demon, and being 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 have we cast out evil spirits, and in thy name done many powers?
And they having gone, behold they brought to him a man dumb, possessed with an evil spirit.
Cure the sick, cleanse the leprous, rouse the dead, cast out demons; as a gift ye have received, as a gift give.
Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also.
And I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast out? for this shall they be your judges.
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.
And many crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them:
Let alone; what to us and thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.
And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all being afflicted, and the possessed with a demon.
And having cried with a great voice, he said, What to me and thee, Jesus, O Son of God most high I adjure thee by God, that thou torture me not.
And quickly Jesus permitted them. And the evil spirits having come forth, entered into the swine: and the herd rushed through the precipice into the sea, (and they were about two thousand;) and they were choked in the sea.
And they bring to him a deaf one, tongue-tied; and they beseech him that he would put the hand upon him.
And wherever he overtakes him, he rends him: and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and he is dried up: and I spake to thy disciples that they might cast him out; and they could not.
And Jesus, having seen that the crowd ran together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Speechless and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and that thou come no more into him.
And Jesus, having seen that the crowd ran together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Speechless and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and that thou come no more into him.
And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw a certain one casting out demons in thy name, who follows not us: and we checked him, for he follows not us.
He is not God of the dead, but God of the living; ye therefore go astray greatly.
And having risen early the first of the sabbath, he was manifested first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast seven demons.
For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and fermented liquor he should not drink; and with the Holy Spirit shall he be filled, even from his mother's womb.
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, from forever:
And having come down with them, he stood upon a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the maritime country of Tyre and Sidon, they also came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
And in that same hour he cured many of diseases, and scourges, and evil spirits, and to many blind he conferred the favor to see.
And certain women, who were cured from evil spirits and weaknesses, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went forth seven demons,
And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it was the demon having come out, the dumb spake; and the crowds wondered.
And others, tempting, sought a sign of him from heaven.
And if I by Beelzebnl cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast. out? for this shall they be your judges.
Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself; and having entered, they dwell there : and the last things of that man are worse than the first.
And, behold, there was a woman having a spirit of weakness eighteen years, and was bent together, and not able wholly to lift up the head.
And he said to them, Having gone, say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and complete cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I am completed.
For it is easier for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.
The crowd answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?
I in them, and thou in me, that they might be perfected in one: and that the world might know that thou sentest me, and lovedst them, as thou lovedst me.
And in the day of Pentecost being completed, they were all unanimously in one and the same place.
Having come to Mysia, they tried to go to Bithynia: and the Spirit suffered them not.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwell in you. And if any have not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
I am crucified with Christ: and I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in we: and what I now live in the flesh I live in the faith of the Son of God, having loved me, and given himself for me.
And grieve ye not the Holy Spirit of God in which ye were sealed to the day of redemption.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;
But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likeness of men:
Smith
Possession.
[DEMONIACS]
See Demoniacs