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Luke 8:26-39
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26They sailed to the region
of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from
27When Jesus stepped ashore,
he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had
not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried
out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want
with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!”
29For Jesus had commanded the
impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though
he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and
had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
30Jesus asked him, “What is
your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
31And they begged Jesus
repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
32A large herd of pigs was
feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the
pigs, and he gave them permission.
33When the demons came out of
the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into
the lake and was drowned.
34When those tending the pigs
saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and
countryside,
35and the people went out to
see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom
the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind;
and they were afraid.
36Those who had seen it told
the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
37Then all the people of the
region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome
with fear. So he got into the boat and left.
38The man from whom the
demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39“Return home and tell how
much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how
much Jesus had done for him.
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1)
According to
verses 26 and 27 what happened when Jesus stepped ashore in the region of the Gerasenes?
o
Jesus was met by
a demon-possessed man from the town.
2)
According to
verse 27 what was the situation with the demon-possessed man?
o
For a long time he
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Had not worn clothes.
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Or lived in a
house.
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But had lived in
the tombs.
3)
According to
verse 28 what did the demon-possessed man address Jesus as, shouting at the top of his voice?
o
He addressed
Jesus as Son of the Most High God.
4)
According to
verse 28 how did the demon-possessed man submit to the authority of Jesus as
Son of the Most High God?
o
He fell at Jesus’ feet.
5)
According to
verse 28 what did the demon-possessed man beg
Jesus not to do to him?
o
He begged Jesus
not to torture him.
6)
According to
verse 29 what was the reason for the demon-possessed man asking Jesus not to torture
him?
o
Jesus had
commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man.
7)
According to
verse 29 what had the demon done to the
man while he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard?
o
It had
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Seized the man.
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Caused him to
break his chains.
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And driven him into
solitary places.
8)
What is a Legion?
o
A Legion is a
unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army.
9)
According to
verse 30 what was the reason for the name of the demon being ‘Legion’?
o
There were
actually many demons that had gone into the man.
10)
According to
verse 31 what happened to the use of personal pronoun for the demon?
o
The personal
pronoun for the demon became plural.
11)
According to
verse 31 what did the demons beg Jesus
repeatedly not to do to them?
o
They begged Jesus
repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
12)
Is the Abyss a
place of torture?
o
It is not certain.
13)
According to
verse 32 what permission did the demons beg
and receive from Jesus?
o
The demons begged
Jesus to let them go into the large herd of pigs that was feeding on the
hillside.
o
And he gave them the
permission.
14)
According to
verse 33 what did the demons do upon coming out
of the man?
o
They
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Went into the herd
of pigs.
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And caused the
herd to rush down the steep bank into the lake to be drowned.
15)
Why did the
Legion prefer to possess a man than a large herd of pigs?
o
Possessing a man
who is made in the image of God as a means of sticking it to God is perhaps
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Immeasurably more
gratifying to demons.
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Than Possessing
and killing a large herd of pigs.
16)
According to
verse 34 what did those tending the pigs do
when they saw what had happened?
o
They
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Ran off.
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And reported what
happened in the
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Town.
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And countryside.
17)
According to
verse 35 what did people find when they went
out to see what had happened?
o
They found the
man from whom the demons had gone out,
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Sitting at Jesus’
feet.
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Dressed.
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And in his right
mind.
18)
According to
verse 35 what was people’s reaction upon seeing what had happened to the man?
o
They were afraid.
19)
Were people
afraid after they heard an account of what happened?
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No, they were afraid.
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When
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They saw the man
having returned to being a normal person.
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Before
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They heard an
account of what happened.
20)
According to
verses 36 and 37 what did all the people
of the region of the Gerasenes ask Jesus to do after they were told how the demon-possessed man had been cured and why?
o
They asked Jesus
to leave them.
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Because
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They were
overcome with fear.
21)
According to
verse 38 what permission did the man from whom the demons had gone out beg but did not
get from Jesus?
o
He begged to go
with Jesus.
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But Jesus sent
him away.
22)
According to
verse 39 what was Jesus’ instruction for the man?
o
Return home and
tell how much God has done for you.
23)
According to
verse 39 how did the man carry out Jesus’ instruction for him?
o
He
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Went away.
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And told all over
town how much Jesus had done for him.
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Luke 8:26-39
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