Luke 4:33

33 But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,

Luke 4:33 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:33

And in the synagogue there was a man
That is, in the synagogue at Capernaum, as Christ was there teaching, on one of the sabbath days before mentioned; there was a certain man,

which had a spirit of an unclean devil:
who was possessed with the devil, who is by nature and practice unclean; and was filled with the spirit of the devil, with a spirit of divination, and was acted by him, to impose upon the people; he influenced his mind as an enthusiast, as well as possessed his body: and this was on the sabbath day; whereas the Jews say ^F25, that

``Satan and the evil demon flee on the sabbath day to the mountains of darkness, and do not appear all the sabbath day, because that day is holy, and they are "unclean"; but in the evening of the sabbath they prepare themselves, and meet the children of men, and hurt them.''

And cried out with a loud voice;
(See Gill on Mark 1:23).

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Ib pr. affirm, 29.

Luke 4:33 In-Context

31 So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

32 And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.

33 But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,

34 "Ha! Jesus the Nazarene, what have you to do with us? I know who you are--God's Holy One!"

35 But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm.