How Did Jesus Cast Out Demons? (Luke 4:31-44) | Daily Devotional & Bible Study

Hearing God in Luke: Jesus said be quiet and come out, and it left. Today we finish Luke 4 in Capernaum, where Jesus starts proving line by line everything He claimed back in Nazareth. A man held by a demon walks out free. A woman burning with fever gets up and makes dinner. A whole town brings its sick and He touches them one at a time. We'll look at what first-century exorcism actually looked like, why Jesus refused to let the demon talk, and one correction worth hearing if you've ever been told your illness was spiritual. Links We visit Luke's house in Rome on our Bible Study Live trip. Bible Study Live is a small-group Bible study trip with Rachael Groll. Study Scripture where it happened in Rome, or slow down for a contemplative Bible study retreat in Maui. Dates and details at BibleStudyLive.org Listen ad-free, plus the full library of past series, on Patreon: patreon.com/HearingJesus Questions or prayer requests? Leave me a voicemail: SpeakPipe Questions we answer today Why does Luke call it an "unclean" demon when all demons are unclean? How was Jesus' method different from exorcism in that world? Why did He silence a demon that was telling the truth? Does rebuking a fever mean the fever was a demon? Who actually asked Jesus to heal Peter's mother-in-law? Timestamps 00:00 Finishing Luke 4 00:50 Reading Luke 4:31-44 02:40 Prayer 03:50 Proving the Nazareth claim line by line 05:00 Capernaum becomes home base 06:10 The first time Jesus names the kingdom of God 08:00 Why "unclean demon" is unusual 09:30 What a Greek reader would have assumed 11:20 Something unclean sitting in the holiest gathering of the week 12:20 Why nothing drew it out until Jesus walked in 13:10 The demon knew exactly who He was 14:00 Be quiet and come out 14:20 What that word actually means 15:00 What exorcism looked like in that world 16:10 Jesus just used His voice 17:00 Why He silenced something that was telling the truth 18:00 Why spectacle isn't the model 19:00 We don't study demons, we study Jesus 23:20 What rebuke actually means 24:00 The same verb for demons, fever, and the sea 25:20 Not every sickness is demonic 27:30 Why Luke specifies a high fever 28:00 She never asked 28:40 The first of many intercessions in Luke 29:20 Praying for someone who can't pray 30:00 The man healed in a hotel room in Italy 31:10 Your homework today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices