Luke 4:36

And they were all lost in amazement, and kept saying to one another, “What words are these? For he gives his commands to the foul spirits with a marvelous authority, and they come out.”

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In The King James Version

And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

In Context

35But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent! Come out from him,” he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.

37And rumors about Jesus traveled through every place in the region.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:22Then some people brought to Jesus a possessed man, who was blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the man who had been dumb both talked and saw.

Mark 7:37and a profound impression was made on the people. “He has done everything well!” they exclaimed. “He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!”

Luke 2:18All who heard the shepherds were astonished at their story,

Luke 10:17When the seventy-two returned, they exclaimed joyfully, “Master, even the demons submit to us when we use your name.”

1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven, and is at God’s right hand, where angels and archangels and the powers of heaven now yield submission to him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:32-44

The Expulsion of a Demon; Christ's Departure from Capernaum. 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 34 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. 35 And Jesus rebuked him,… Read the whole commentary →

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