SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #136
And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil: and he cried out with a loud voice, Saying: "Let us alone. What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God." And Jesus rebuked him, saying: "Hold thy peace and go out of him." And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him and hurt him not at all. (Luke 4:33-35)
DEAD FAITH: "The devils also believe and tremble," writes St. James (2:19). These words are confirmed by the story we have just read, which relates that the devil confessed: "Thou art the Holy One of God." There is a faith which does not avail to salvation -- a dead faith, which is not a free act of obedience and love.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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