II. Questions and quotations

1. Why are evil spirits called unclean?

The term "unclean spirit" appears eighteen times in the gospels
2.Why do demons scream and have to be silenced?
Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.(10)

And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak. ..(11)
3.Why does demon possession cause dumbness and blindness?
Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.(12)
4.Why do demons thrash about or fall down and have to be bound with chains?
And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.(13)

they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried. ..(14)

he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces.(15)
5.Why do evil spirits wear no clothes and live in tombs, swine, and deserts?
there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs.(16)

And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine.(17)

When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man he passes through waterless places. ..(18)
6.Why do many devils replace the one in a parable?
Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.(19)
7. What is the power behind the words with which Jesus rids himself of Satan's temptation?
he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!"(20)
8.Why is Satan associated with a fiery hell?
Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.(21)

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10. Mark 1:26.
11. Luke 4:41.
12. Matthew 12:22.
13. Mark 9:20.
14. Mark 3:10-11 (King James).
15. Mark 5:4.
16. Luke 8:27.
17. Mark 5:13.
18. Matthew 12:43.
19. Luke 11:26.
20. Matthew 16:23.
21. Matthew 25:41.

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