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What is the differenced between “possessed by demons” and “oppressed by the devil”?

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This is a good question because the difference in the verbs highlights the difference between demons and the devil in the New Testament. Demonized, having a demon, in an unclean spirit. Typically where the English versions have “possessed by demons” (or in the King James “possessed by devils”) the Greek word is simply “demonized”, daimonizomenos, […]