ACTS 16:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.”
She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, 'In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!' At that moment the spirit left her — Paul's annoyance (diatarasso, to be greatly troubled) indicates the repeated harassment wore on him, yet his response invokes Jesus' name and authority (epitassō, to command) to cast out the spirit. The immediate departure (exerchomai) demonstrates the spirit's subjection to apostolic power wielded through Christ's name. This parallels Jesus' exorcisms and affirms Paul's authority in the spiritual realm.
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