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Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...
Christ continues to expound on the subject of demoniacal possession, having just healed a possessed man. Lapide writes that the Scribes were spiritually possessed, and that their unclean spirit was driven out by the law of God, from the Jews, who were the people of God, among whom God dwelt, and manifested Himself by prophecies and miracles.
According to the accepted theory of Markan priority, this verse is a reworking of parts of Mark 3:13–15, which describes the gathering of the twelve, and Mark 6:7, which describes Jesus giving them authority over unclean spirits. [1]
Matthew 12:43–45 = The Return of the Unclean Spirit ... thoughtless, useless word; a word that accomplishes no good", but states that in the context the meaning ...
Such also would be Love, Goodness, and Holiness. So when anyone speaks ill of such things, and knowingly, out of malice, ascribes them to an unclean spirit (as the Pharisees did), such a person is said to commit blasphemy against the Holy Ghost because they directly fight against God and take His holiness and purity from Him. [1] [2]
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