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Topic:
Demon
(Daemoniac)
With respect to the word "Demoniac…"
One "possessed with a devil." In the days of our Lord and
his apostles, evil spirits, "daemons," were mysteriously
permitted by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies
of men, inflicting dumbness (Matt. 9:32), blindness (12:22), epilepsy
(Mark 9:17-27), insanity (Matt. 8:28; Mark 5:1-5). Daemoniacs are
frequently distinguished from those who are afflicted with ordinary
bodily maladies (Mark 1:32; 16:17, 18; Luke 6:17, 18). The daemons speak
in their own persons (Matt. 8:29; Mark 1:23, 24; 5:7). This influence is
clearly distinguished from the ordinary power of corruption and of
temptation over men. In the daemoniac his personality seems to be
destroyed, and his actions, words, and even thoughts to be overborne by
the evil spirit (Mark, l.c.; Acts 19:15).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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