Reference: Possession
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POSSESSION
1. Meaning of the term.
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And his fame went out into all Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them;
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works?
And when they had gone away, behold, the people brought to him a man, a dumb demoniac.
Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; you have received gratuitously, gratuitously give.
THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw.
And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
Then it goes and takes with itself 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 also with this evil generation.
And great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the crippled, and many others; and they cast them at Jesus' feet, and he cured them;
saying, What have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you are, the holy [Son] of God! And Jesus rebuked him saying, Be still, and come out of him.
And at evening when the sun went down they brought to him all that were sick, and the demoniacs;
and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to torment me.
And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and were drowned in the lake.
And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and besought him to put his hand on him.
and wherever it takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.
And Jesus seeing that a multitude ran together, rebuked the impure spirit, saying to him, Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more.
And Jesus seeing that a multitude ran together, rebuked the impure spirit, saying to him, Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more.
And John spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him.
He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; you greatly err.
AND having arisen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons.
for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall not drink wine and strong drink, but shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth;
as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;
he went down with them and stood on a plain; and a multitude of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases;
And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and plagues, and of evil spirits, and gave sight to many blind.
and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out seven demons,
AND he cast out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered.
and others, trying him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
But if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? they, therefore, shall be your judges.
Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself; and they come and dwell there; and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
and behold, there was a woman who had been subject to a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent down, and was not able to lift herself up at all.
And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course.
It is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks to kill you?
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into 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 come, they were all with one mind together.
coming by Mysia they endeavored to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his.
I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I 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, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,
but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man,
Smith
Possession.
[DEMONIACS]
See Demoniacs