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There is a divided opinion as to whether the man was dumb before he was demon-possessed. MacEvilly believes it was the work of the demon, since the demon is called "mute" in Luke 11:4. However some believe the dumb man in Matt 12 is the same as the one in Luke 11:4 and not this one. [1]
This verse also appears in Luke 11:14, although in that account the demon-possessed man was only dumb. Luke may have omitted his blindness or he may be recounting a different miracle. It appears that the demon was making the man both blind and mute. Allegorically when the devil has been driven out, one sees the light of faith, and then praises God.
Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...
Illustration of Jesus exorcizing the Gerasene demoniac by Spencer Alexander McDaniel, 2020. In the New Testament, Legion (Ancient Greek: λεγιών) is a group of demons, particularly those in two of three versions of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac, an account in the synoptic Gospels of an incident in which Jesus performs an exorcism.
A a man with an unclean spirit, or a possessed, man comes to meet them. [ a ] Mark relates the story "with a wealth of circumstantial detail": [ 5 ] the man had lived among the nearby tombs , and had fought off all attempts to chain him up: the Greek text has a complex string of negatives: οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ...
St. Guy Heals a Possessed Man (1474). Exorcism (from Ancient Greek ἐξορκισμός (exorkismós) 'binding by oath') is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. [1]
Prayer for deliverance, blessings upon the man or woman's house or body, sacraments, and exorcisms are generally used to drive the demon out. Some theologians, such as Ángel Manuel Rodríguez, say that mediums, like the ones mentioned in Leviticus 20:27, were possessed by demons.
The Gospel of Matthew shortens the story dramatically (Matthew 8:28–34) and writes not of one possessed man, but of two. The individual possessed by Legion is not the same individual as the second possessed man, who is possessed by a different demon. [6] In this version, Jesus does not ask for the demon's name, which is considered an ...