Luke 9:42

As the boy approaches, the demon convulses him, but Jesus rebukes the spirit, heals the boy, and returns him to his father. Christ's authority instantly overcomes the demonic.

Cross-references · 9

• 2 Kgs 4:36Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
• Luke 7:15And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
• Luke 9:39A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
• Rev 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
• Mark 9:26–27After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
• Mark 9:20So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
• 1 Kgs 17:23Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
• Mark 1:26–27At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
• Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

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