And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed at once.
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.
- BSB Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
- NKJV And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
- 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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Cross-references · 13
- Matt 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Mark 1:34He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
- Matt 12:22Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
- Acts 19:13–15But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
- Mark 5:8For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
- Luke 4:35–36Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
- Acts 16:18She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
- Luke 8:29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
- Luke 9:42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Matt 15:28Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- Mark 9:25–27When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
- John 4:52–53So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
- Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
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