Acts 19:16
Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
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- Mark 5:3-4 : 3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
- Mark 5:15 : 15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.
- Luke 8:29 : 29 For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
- Luke 8:35 : 35 So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
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11The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
12so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
13But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying,“I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)
15But the evil spirit replied to them,“I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
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17This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
- Mark 1:25-262 verses75%
25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”
26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
- Luke 8:27-304 verses75%
27As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”
29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
30Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.
- Acts 16:18-192 verses74%
18She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit,“I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.
19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
- Mark 5:14-163 verses74%
14Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
15They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.
16Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
- Mark 5:2-43 verses73%
2Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.
3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
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23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
- Luke 8:33-364 verses73%
33So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.
35So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
36Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.
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39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.
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28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
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33The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.
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33Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
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22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
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20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
- Mark 5:7-93 verses71%
7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”
8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)
9Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”
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7For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
- Luke 4:35-362 verses71%
35But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.
36They were all amazed and began to say to one another,“What’s happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
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26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
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18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.
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29How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.
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29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
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24Response to Jesus’ Work“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’
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32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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6and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
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16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
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20In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.
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14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”
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22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.