Just how many of Jesus' disciples were possessed by demons or devils from time to time?
2007-11-29 03:06:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mark 16:9
Luke 22:3
Luke 22:30
Matthew 16:23
2007-11-29 03:15:35 · update #1
Judas to be sure, but he didn't get to be an NT author. Peter had a bad moment, but he recovered before he wrote anything. I do not know of any other disciple who is recorded as having been Satanically influenced any more than any other sinful human being. Besides, God is the one in charge of His own revelation. He will see to the purity of it.
Edit:
Mark 16:9: Mary Magdalene was indeed a disciple, but not an apostle, not one of the twelve. No doubt she became a disciple AFTER Jesus relieved her of the evil spirits. Furthermore, she wrote none of the New Testament.
Luke 22:3: Judas was possessed, but wrote none of the New Testament.
Luke 22:30: Is this the verse you meant, or did you mean the next one, 31, which speaks of Peter coming under the attack of Satan. As I said before, Peter was definitely influenced by Satan when he tried to talk Jesus out of going to Jerusalem, where certain death awaited him. But was it possession? Where does one draw the line between possession and influence? But it Peter’s case it doesn’t even matter, because Peter recovered his faith and his status by the end of the Gospel narrative, and because, as another poster has pointed out, the Holy Spirit came in power just fifty days after Jesus ascended to heaven and filled Peter and the other disciples. This precluded any further difficulty with possession-like states, and it was not till after this event that Peter wrote his epistles.
Matthew 16:23: As this is about the same situation with Peter, please refer to the preceding comment.
2007-11-29 03:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sara,
If you are speaking of the Apostles they were never possessed by demons after the Holy Spirit came to them and they began spreading the Gospel of CHRIST as HE told them to in Matthew 28:18-20. As far as disciples go... If you are a follower of Jesus, then you are a disciple of CHRIST and I have no idea whether you or any other person might be following satan's lead or not. If You are a Christian then PRAY that GOD might lead you in HIS PATH! Have a nice weekend.
Thanks,
Eds
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2007-11-29 11:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Eds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how many were possessed by demons, but there wasn't a record of most of them having that problem in the first place.
But what you don't seem to understand is that they can no longer be possessed when they were baptized by the Holy Spirit. As is what happened to me. I was demon possessed: Past Tense.
You can read about it here:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-7rEUJP4lbqSbntikbR2aAw--?cq=1&p=20
2007-11-29 11:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to see what your evidence for this is. The only apostle that became possessed by satan was Judas when he betrayed Christ but the bible speaks of no other
2007-11-29 11:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by dwn04142003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None were possessed by demons. Jesus would have cast out the demons and put them in pigs.
2007-11-29 11:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Their demons were always with them even when they sat down with Jesus.
That's why Jesus preached to them how to handle thiese demons by believing in him.
Jesus was tempted by Satin in the desert, but Jesus refused. I often wonder why Satin didn't have much to offer? Maybe because the Holy Ghost was he and him in one.
2007-11-29 11:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by bigapple 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
None Satan and his minion fear Jesus.
2007-11-29 11:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your Scriptural basis for this?
2007-11-29 11:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Trust , GOD
2007-11-29 11:10:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋