“ Explain The Meaning And Significance

of Miracles In Luke Gospel”

Jesus was shown to be more powerful than the evil that trouble the times, and that he has the power to override such dark spirits. Luke illustrates this through his archive of exorcisms performed by Jesus which is one of the miracles in Lukes gospel.

Luke is stating that Jesus has control over evil and over the spiritual world also, which shows that he is carrying out the will of his father thus proving the existence of God. The “demons” that exist in the man who is simply known as Legion, taunt him and keep him excluded from society; the man is called legion in reference to the numerous demons that posses him. Despite Jesus being outnumbered by the demons he orders them from the man and spares them from banishment to the abyss, when confronted by Jesus the demons cower and beg for mercy, further stating Jesus control over the spiritual world.

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Jesus also has control over the physical world and shows so by performing miracles .The first of the miracles that Jesus performs in Lukes gospel is the healing of the paralysed man, in which great faith and determination is shown in order for Jesus to heal the ill. The paralysed mans friends take him to see Jesus, only to find that the crowds in the house are so intense that reaching Jesus seemed an impossibility. However the men showed such faith in Jesus they made a whole in the roof in order to lower him in, it was because of ...

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