Reference: Possession
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POSSESSION
1. Meaning of the term.
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And his fame spread throughout all Syria. They brought all the sick to him, those who were suffering from various diseases and troubles??emoniacs, epileptics, paralytics??nd he healed them.
"Many in that day will say to me, "'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name done many mighty works?'
And as they were departing a dumb demoniac was brought to him,
"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Then they brought to him a blind and deaf demoniac; and he healed him, so that the dumb both spoke and saw.
"And if I am casting out demons in the power of Beelzebub, in whose power do your sons cast them out? So they themselves shall be your judges.
"Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; 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."
Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;
"What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quit! Come out of him."
At evening when the sun had set, people came and brought to him all the sick and demon-possessed,
and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice. "Jesus, son of God most high, what business have you with me? I adjure you by God, torment me not!"
And he gave them leave. And out came the foul spirits and entered the swine; and the drove rushed down from the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand, and were choked in the sea.
And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.
and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and is wasting away. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."
"Master," said John, "we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he did not follow us."
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are in grave error."
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,
"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began
With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.
At that moment Jesus was healing many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he was freely giving their sight.
The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven,
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.
"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."
a woman was present who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. she was bent double, and could not lift herself up at all.
"Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'
Why, 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 crowd answered. "You have a demon! Who is trying kill you?"
I in them and thou in me; that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou didst send me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
When the day of Pentecost was fully come, and they were all together in the same place,
When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;
But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,
but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men.
Smith
Possession.
[DEMONIACS]
See Demoniacs