1. Actes 5:16 (NEG79)
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Why were those afflicted with unclean spirits healed?

Actes 5:16 (NEG79)

16 La multitude accourait aussi des villes voisines à Jérusalem, amenant des malades et des gens tourmentés par des esprits impurs; et tous étaient guéris.

Evil or unclean spirits most probably refer to demon possession.1 In healing these individuals, the apostles, like Jesus (Luke 4:31–44), were working to relieve some of the distressing circumstances that the entrance of sin had brought into the world.2