“For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.”
For with shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed - the miraculous activity is broadly therapeutic: demonic spirits are exorcised, the paralyzed walk, the lame are healed. The 'shrieks' (phonē megale, great voice) of the departing spirits suggest violent resistance; exorcism is a battle, not a gentle healing. Yet the outcome is liberation and restoration.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!