Luke 8:29

Webster's Bible (1833)

For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

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  • Mark 5:3-5 : 3 who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, 4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him. 5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
  • Mark 5:8 : 8 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
  • Mark 9:20-26 : 20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth. 21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood. 22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us." 23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!" 25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!" 26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
  • Luke 9:39 : 39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
  • Luke 9:42 : 42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
  • Acts 19:12-16 : 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out. 13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. 15 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" 16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
  • 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

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  • Mark 5:2-5
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    2 When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3 who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

    4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

    5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

  • Luke 8:30-33
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    30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.

    31 They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

    32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

    33 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

  • Mark 5:7-10
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    7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."

    8 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

    9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

    10 He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

  • Luke 8:26-28
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    26 They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.

    28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"

  • Mark 1:23-27
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    23 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

    24 saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

    25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

    26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

    27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

  • Matt 8:28-34
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    28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.

    29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

    30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

    31 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

    32 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

    33 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

    34 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

  • Luke 8:35-38
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    35 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

    36 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

    37 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

    38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • Luke 4:33-36
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    33 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

    34 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

    35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

    36 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

  • 39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

  • Mark 9:25-26
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    25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

    26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

  • Mark 5:15-16
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    15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

    16 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.

  • 42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • 18 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

  • 20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.

  • 18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."

  • 22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."

  • 11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • 41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

  • 34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • 13 At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

  • 16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.