Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, New Living Translation Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—cried out, shouting, English Standard Version And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, Berean Standard Bible In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, Berean Literal Bible And in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out in a loud voice, King James Bible And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, New King James Version Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, New American Standard Bible In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, NASB 1995 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, NASB 1977 And there was a man in the synagogue possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, Legacy Standard Bible And in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, Amplified Bible There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud and terrible voice, Christian Standard Bible In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice, Holman Christian Standard Bible In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice,” American Standard Version And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Contemporary English Version There in the synagogue was a man with an evil spirit. He yelled out, English Revised Version And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil; and he cried out with a loud voice, GOD'S WORD® Translation In the synagogue was a man possessed by a spirit, an evil demon. He shouted very loudly, Good News Translation In the synagogue was a man who had the spirit of an evil demon in him; he screamed out in a loud voice, International Standard Version In the synagogue was a man who had a demon. He screamed with a loud voice, NET Bible Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, New Heart English Bible In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he shouted with a loud voice, Webster's Bible Translation And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Weymouth New Testament But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out, Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleIn the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, World English Bible In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, Berean Literal Bible And in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out in a loud voice, Young's Literal Translation And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, Smith's Literal Translation And in the assembly was a man having the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, Catholic Public Domain Version And in the synagogue, there was a man who had an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, New American Bible In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, New Revised Standard Version In the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd there was in the synagogue a man who had an unclean, demonic spirit, and he cried in a loud voice, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And there was a man in the synagogue who had the spirit of a filthy demon in him and he cried with a loud voice NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd there was in the synagogue a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Godbey New Testament And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried with a great voice, Haweis New Testament And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry, Mace New Testament now there was in the synagogue a man possess'd with the spirit of an impure demon, who roar'd out, in these words, let us alone; Weymouth New Testament But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out, Worrell New Testament And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Worsley New Testament And there was a man in the synagogue possessed by the spirit of an impure demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Expels an Unclean Spirit…32They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, 34“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”… Cross References Mark 1:23-27 Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue: / “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” / But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” ... Matthew 8:28-34 When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. / “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?” / In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding. ... Mark 5:1-20 On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes. / As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs. / This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains. ... Matthew 12:22-29 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see. / The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?” / But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.” ... Mark 3:11 And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” Acts 16:16-18 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. / 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!” / She 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 the spirit left her at that very moment. Matthew 4:24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them. Mark 9:17-29 Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute. / Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.” / “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.” ... Matthew 17:14-21 When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. / “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. / I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.” ... Acts 19:13-16 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.” / Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. / But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” ... 1 John 4:1-4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. / By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, / and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. ... James 2:19 You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. Matthew 9:32-34 As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus. / And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!” / But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.” Mark 1:34 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. Matthew 10:1 And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness. Treasury of Scripture And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Mark 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Jump to Previous Authority Cried Cry Demon Devil Evil Great Greatly Impressed Loud Possessed Spirit Synagogue Teaching Top Unclean VoiceJump to Next Authority Cried Cry Demon Devil Evil Great Greatly Impressed Loud Possessed Spirit Synagogue Teaching Top Unclean VoiceLuke 4 1. The fasting and temptation of Jesus.14. He begins to preach. 16. The people of Nazareth marvel at words, but seek to kill him. 33. He cures one possessed of a demon, 38. Peter's mother-in-law, 40. and various other sick persons. 41. The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are reproved for it. 42. He preaches through the cities of Galilee. In the synagogue The synagogue was a central place of worship and community gathering for Jewish people, especially during the time of Jesus. It served as a place for teaching, prayer, and reading of the Scriptures. Jesus often taught in synagogues, which highlights His role as a teacher and His engagement with Jewish religious life. The presence of a demon-possessed man in the synagogue underscores the spiritual battle taking place even in places of worship. there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, Persons / Places / Events 1. JesusThe central figure in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum, demonstrating His authority over spiritual forces. 2. The Man Possessed An individual in the synagogue who is under the influence of an unclean demon, representing the spiritual bondage that Jesus came to break. 3. The Unclean Demon A spiritual entity opposed to God, demonstrating the reality of spiritual warfare and the presence of evil in the world. 4. The Synagogue A place of Jewish worship and teaching, where Jesus often taught and performed miracles, signifying His mission to the Jewish people. 5. Capernaum A town in Galilee where Jesus performed many miracles and taught, serving as a base for His ministry. Teaching Points Authority of JesusJesus has ultimate authority over all spiritual forces. Believers can trust in His power to deliver and protect them from evil. Reality of Spiritual Warfare The presence of the unclean demon in the synagogue serves as a reminder of the ongoing spiritual battle. Christians are called to be vigilant and equipped with the armor of God. Deliverance and Freedom Jesus' interaction with the possessed man demonstrates His mission to set captives free. Believers are encouraged to seek Jesus for deliverance from any form of bondage. The Power of Jesus' Presence The demon's reaction to Jesus highlights the transformative power of His presence. Inviting Jesus into our lives brings light and dispels darkness. Engagement in Community Worship The setting in the synagogue emphasizes the importance of gathering for worship and teaching, where believers can experience God's power and truth. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Luke 4What are the different types of demons? What miracles did Jesus perform according to the Bible? What does the Bible say about seeing spirits and demons? Mark 5:1–13: How can demons scientifically or historically be transferred from a possessed man into a herd of pigs? (33-37) And in the synagogue.--See Notes on Mark 1:23-27. The narrative, as being common to these two Gospels, and not found in St. Matthew, may be looked on as having probably been communicated by one Evangelist to the other when they met at Rome (Colossians 4:10; Colossians 4:14). See Introduction to St. Mark.Verse 33. - And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil. After the general picture of Jesus' life and work in Capenaum, St. Luke proceeds to give a detailed account of the way in which one sabbath day was spent, no doubt intending us to understand it as a specimen of the ordinary sabbath-day work of the Master. We meet with here, for the first time in our Gospel, one of those unhappy persons described as either "having a spirit of an unclean devil," or as "possessed with a devil" or "devils," or in similar terms, generally signifying "demoniacs," men or women - apparently a class by themselves, directly under the influence of some evil spirit. Who, now, were these unhappy beings with whom Jesus in his ministry of mercy seems often to have come in contact? Many of these "demoniacs" mentioned in the Gospels would nowadays certainly be classed under the ordinary category of the "sick." They seem to have been simply afflicted with disease of one kind or other; for instance, the epileptic child mentioned by St. Luke (Luke 9:39), or dumbness again (Matthew 9:32), blindness (Matthew 12:22), and insanity, among other instances, are ascribed to demoniac agency. Are we, then, simply to regard these cases, not as exceptional displays of diabolical power, but as instances of sickness and disease which still exist among us? and to suppose that our Lord, in speaking of devils possessing these sick ones, accommodated himself to the popular belief, and spoke of these afflicted persons in the way men were able to understand? for it is disputable that Judaism in the days of Jesus of Nazareth ascribed to "demons," or "devils," much of the suffering and woe with which men are afflicted under the common name of disease. The Talmud, which well represents the Jewish teaching of that time, has endless allusions to evil spirits, or devils, who were permitted to work evil and mischief on the bodies and even on the souls of men. Josephus, the contemporary historian, narrates that a lamb grew at Machaerus, the wool of which had the power of expelling devils; and he toils how he was the eye-witness of the cure of a man possessed of a devil by means of a ring containing a root which had similar properties; this, he says, took place in the presence of the Emperor Vespasian ('Ant.,' 8:02, 5; 'Bell. Jud.,' 7:06, 3). Many believed that these demons, or devils, were the souls of the wicked who returned to earth after death, and sought a new home for themselves in the bodies of the living. This popular belief in demoniacal agency is mentioned by Justin Martyr ('Apol.,' 1.), and even seems to have lingered in some parts as late as Chrysostom. But such a theory - which represents Jesus in his miraculous cures accommodating himself to popular belief, and speaking of the sufferers as possessed by devils which really had no existence save in imagination - is not only quite foreign to the transparently truthful character of all the Master's words and works, but is perfectly incompatible with the narratives given us by the evangelists of the cures in question. In these, in several instances, the devils are not only spoken to, but they speak themselves - they answer questions, they even prefer requests. Jesus, too, gives his own power to cast out devils (Luke 9:1), and to tread on all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). He even, in St. Mark (Mark 9:29), is represented as distinguishing a special class of devils over whom a mastery could be obtained alone through prayer and fasting. Evidently the Holy Spirit, who guided the writers of those memoirs of the apostles we call the Gospels, intended that a marked distinction should be impressed upon the readers of the apostolic memoirs as existing between ordinary maladies of the flesh and those terrible and various scourges which the presence of devils inflicted upon those hapless beings in whose bodies, for some mysterious reason, they had been permitted to take up their habitation. The whole question is fraught with difficulties. Dean Plumptre suggests that perhaps we possess not the data for an absolutely certain and exhaustive answer. It seems, on the whole - while not denying the possible presence of these evil spirits at different times of the world's history occupying the bodies and distracting the souls of men - best to assume that these devils possessed special and peculiar power over men at that period when Jesus walked among us. By this means, as Godet well says, Jesus could be proclaimed externally and visibly as the Conqueror of the enemy of men (and of his legions of evil messengers). That period, when the Lord taught among us, was a time when, it is generally conceded, moral and social evil had reached its highest point of development. Since that age the power of these unhappy spirits of evil has been, if not destroyed, at least restrained by the influence - greater, perhaps, than men choose to acknowledge - of the Master's religion or by the direct command of the Master himself. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Inἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. synagogue συναγωγῇ (synagōgē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church. there was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. a man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. possessed by ἔχων (echōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. [the] spirit πνεῦμα (pneuma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. of an unclean ἀκαθάρτου (akathartou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 169: Unclean, impure. Impure (lewd) or specially, (demonic). demon. δαιμονίου (daimoniou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 1140: An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity. He cried out ἀνέκραξεν (anekraxen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 349: To shout aloud, cry out. From ana and krazo; to scream up. in a loud μεγάλῃ (megalē) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. voice, φωνῇ (phōnē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. 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