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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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spirit, or <strong>the</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> an unclean demon, but chiefly<br />

<strong>of</strong> persons who were * demonised.' * Similarly, it<br />

seems a strange inaccuracy on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong><br />

commentators to exclude from <strong>the</strong> Gospel <strong>of</strong> St.<br />

John all notice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> * demonised.' That <strong>the</strong> Fourth<br />

Gospel, although not reporting any healing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

demonised, shares <strong>the</strong> frmdamental view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Synoptists, appears not only from St. John vii. 20,<br />

viii. 48, 52, but especially from viii. 49 <strong>and</strong> x. 20,<br />

21.' We cannot believe that <strong>the</strong> writer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fourth<br />

Gospel would have put into <strong>the</strong> mouth <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

answer * I am not a demon,' or have allowed Him<br />

to be described by His<br />

* <strong>The</strong> word * spirit * or * spirits' occurs twice in<br />

St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w, thrice in St. Mark, <strong>and</strong> twice in St.<br />

Lnke; with <strong>the</strong> addition •evil,'twice in St. Luke;<br />

with that <strong>of</strong> 'unclean,' once in St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w, eletfen<br />

times in St. Mark, <strong>and</strong> four times in St. Luke. <strong>The</strong><br />

word Itdimw in singular or plural occurs once in<br />

each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Synoptists; while ZatfUputp, in singular<br />

or plural, occurs nine times in St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w, three<br />

times In 8V. Bfurk, fourteen times ^ St. Lu^Le, <strong>and</strong>

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