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Exorcism
Jesus appealed to His power over demons as one of the recognised signs of Messiahship (Matthew 12:23, 28; Luke 11:20).
"He cast out the spirits with his word, and he healed all that were sick" (Mt 8:16).
The Essenes believed in casting out demons, as written in Songs of the Sage (4Q511.)
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