“When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.”
When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. You deaf and mute spirit, he said, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again — the rebuke of the impure spirit names it: deaf and mute spirit, identifying it by the specific impairment it produces. I command you — the authority language is direct and personal. Come out of him and never enter him again — the never enter him again is unique in the Gospel exorcism accounts, adding a permanence clause that ensures the man of Mark 12:43–45 (the unoccupied house reoccupied) does not apply here.
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