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17 Bible Verses About Rebuking Spirits

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  • The Greek verb translated rebuke, epitimao, is used for Jesus rebuking unclean spirits, the wind (Mark 4:39) and a fever (Luke 4:39).
  • Jesus gave the twelve authority over unclean spirits (Matthew 10:1) and told the seventy-two to rejoice that their names are written in heaven, and not that the spirits were subject to them (Luke 10:20).
  • In Acts 19:13-16 the seven sons of Sceva invoked “the Jesus whom Paul proclaims” and were overpowered by the spirit they addressed.
  • Zechariah 3:2 and Jude 1:9 both use the words “The Lord rebuke you.”
  • James 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:8-9 tell believers to resist the devil, and James promises that he will flee.

In the Gospels, Jesus rebukes unclean spirits with a spoken command and they leave, and the apostolic letters tell believers to resist the devil. Jesus silences a spirit in the synagogue at Capernaum (Mark 1:25) and gives the twelve authority over unclean spirits (Matthew 10:1), and Paul commands a spirit out of a slave girl in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 16:18). Zechariah 3:2 and Jude 1:9 both use the words “The Lord rebuke you,” and James 4:7 and…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 2008, ἐπιτιμάω (epitimao): to rebuke, to charge, to admonish. biblehub.com/greek/2008

Bible Gateway. Mark 16, English Standard Version. The note “Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9-20.” biblegateway.com

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