15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. …
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. …
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, …
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)The preachers of the gospel were sent forth to carry on a war against Satan, and therein Christ went forth conquering and to conquer . The casting of evil spirits out of those that were possessed was one instance of Christ’s victory over Satan; but, to show in how many ways Christ triumphed over that great enemy, we have here in these verses two remarkable instances of the conquest of Satan, not o…
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