Mark 5:8
For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
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ASV
For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
KJV
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
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Mark 1:25But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
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And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
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Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
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Acts 16:18She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And…
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And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
(non occ.) Consider the unconquerable power of Christ; He makes Satan shake, for to him the words of Christ are fire and flame; as the Psalmist says, The mountains melted at the presence of the Lord, (Ps. 97:5) that is, great and proud powers. There follows, And he asked him, What is thy name?
For he said unto him,.... Or he had said unto him, as soon as he came up to him, and fell before him; even before he had confessed, and adjured him; and which indeed drew out the confession from him, that he was superior to him, and therefore became his supplicant: come out of the man, thou unclean spirit; which was said with so much authority and power, that there was no withstanding it: the devil knew he was not a match for him; that he must, at his command, quit his possession, and therefore fell to confession and entreaty.
Here is an instance of the power and authority with which Christ commanded the unclean spirits, and they obeyed him, ch. i. He said, Come out of the man. The design of Christ's gospel is to expel unclean spirits out of the souls of people; " Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit, that the Holy Spirit may enter, may take possession of the heart, and have dominion in it." IV.
For he said unto him--that is, before the unclean spirit cried out. Come out of the man, unclean spirit!--Ordinarily, obedience to a command of this nature was immediate. But here, a certain delay is permitted, the more signally to manifest the power of Christ and accomplish His purposes.
