Questions tagged [demons]
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Are the "rulers of this age" of 1 Corinthians 2:8 human rulers or demonic rulers?
Starting in verse 5.
1Co 2:5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 2:6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to…
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Was there a time set to torment the demons of the Gentiles?
Matthew 8:29 New International Version
“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
Was there a time set to torment the demons of the Gentiles?
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Why are demons mentioned only once in Douay Rheims Bible (at Isaiah 34.14)?
There is only one reference to a "demon" in the Douay Rheims Bible, which is of the same time period as the King James Version, and influenced by it. The King James Version mentions demons zero times. Both translations usually reference "devils"…
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Where did all the demons come from in Matthew 9:32, 33 and the rest of the NT?
In the OT sickness and such is never ascribed to demons. There are no exorcisms or people "possessed by demons". In fact, even the Satan is only treated as a personal entity a few times. And YHVH's angels are not named as individuals except in a…
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