Day: October 9, 2025

Thursday, October 9, 2025

“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them” (Matthew 4:24 KJV).

What does the Bible say about devil possession?

Recall Matthew 8:28,29; Mark 5:1-5; and Luke 8:26-29; which took place on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Strangely, two devil-possessed men live as hermits in tombs; Mark and Luke isolate one. These men are said to be “exceeding fierce” (quite dangerous, savage, violent, or brutal). People are afraid of them. The evil spirits actually address the Lord, “What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” They want to be left alone, and Christ’s very presence makes them feel threatened and uncomfortable.

Matthew 8:30-34: “And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.”

Luke 8:30-33: “And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.”

However, let us see how Mark supplies the most detail….