Jesus's Self-Defense in Luke 11:14–26: Confounding Challengers and Critiquing Other Exorcists
Luke presents Jesus defending his exorcistic power in 11:14-26 through two connected portions of text. After the initial challenges in vv. 14-16, Jesus refutes his accusers in vv. 17-20 by placing them in a series of confounding challenges through an unarguable proverb (vv. 17b-18), a conundrum rega...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
2023
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 297-314 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Lukasevangelium 11,14-26
/ Exorcism
/ Exorcist
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Demons
B Kingdom B Beelzebul B Rhetoric B Exorcism |
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| Summary: | Luke presents Jesus defending his exorcistic power in 11:14-26 through two connected portions of text. After the initial challenges in vv. 14-16, Jesus refutes his accusers in vv. 17-20 by placing them in a series of confounding challenges through an unarguable proverb (vv. 17b-18), a conundrum regarding other Jewish exorcists (v. 19), and the eschatological risk of missing the kingdom of God (v. 20). The second part of Jesus's defense (vv. 21-26) is a critique of other Jewish exorcists. These other exorcists are the "strong ones," who are regularly overcome by "stronger" demonic forces (vv. 21-22). Thus, they end up being "against" Jesus (v. 23). They may have the capacity to cast out a single demon, but their techniques cannot resist the greater demonic powers that return to repossess a person (vv. 24-26). Jesus's invincible exorcistic power trumps anything that other exorcists can do, proving that his ministry signals the arrival of God's kingdom. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2023.0044 |