Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
- KJV And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- NKJV And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
- NASB And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed at once.
- NLT Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.
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Quick answer
Jesus rebukes the demon, it leaves, and the boy is healed instantly. His word alone accomplishes what the disciples could not.
Overview
With a single authoritative command Christ delivers the boy, demonstrating his sovereign power over the demonic. The immediacy of the cure ('from that hour') underscores his lordship over evil. This deliverance is a sign of the kingdom breaking in and a foretaste of Christ's ultimate triumph over Satan at the cross.
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- Matt 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- Mark 1:34And 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.
- Matt 12:22Then 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.
- Acts 19:13–15Now 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 bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
- Mark 5:8For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
- Luke 4:35–36But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
- Acts 16:18She 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.
- Luke 8:29For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- Luke 9:42Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Matt 15:28“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- Mark 9:25–27When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- John 4:52–53So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
- Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
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