Acts 8:7 Meaning and Explanation
“For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.”
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Read Full Chapter →Unclean spirits come out of many with loud cries, and many of the paralyzed and lame are healed.
What Does Acts 8:7 Mean?
Luke itemizes the mercies: the oppressed delivered, the palsied and the lame healed. These are the works that marked the ministry of Jesus and of His apostles — now flowing through Philip in a city the devout had long written off.
Every bondage named here gives way before the name of Christ — spirits that shriek as they leave, bodies long frozen now moving. The cries of the departing spirits are the sound of a kingdom losing ground. The Lord who healed in Galilee was healing in Samaria, and His compassion has never honored the borders people draw around it.
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What does Acts 8:7 mean?
Unclean spirits come out of many with loud cries, and many of the paralyzed and lame are healed.