{"id":2400,"date":"2024-05-24T18:55:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/sleep-paralysis-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:11:20","slug":"sleep-paralysis-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/sleep-paralysis-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaapparalyse staat niet in de Bijbel \u2014 en Job 4 gaat er niet over"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Sleep paralysis is not in the Bible. It is a well-described sleep phenomenon, it is common, and Scripture contains no account of it. The passage most often quoted about it is real, and it is being quoted wrongly. What sleep paralysis is During dreaming sleep the body is held still. Muscle tone is switched off, which is what stops us acting out dreams. Sleep paralysis is that mechanism persisting for a few seconds or minutes after the mind has woken.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep paralysis is not in the Bible. Job 4 resembles it \u2014 but the speaker is Eliphaz, whose theology God rejects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31718,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-dreams-attacks\/","url_meta":{"origin":2400,"position":0},"title":"Dreams of War or of Being Attacked Are Not Omens in the Bible","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mei 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible calls no dream of war or attack a spiritual attack or a warning. 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