Women Healed of Evil Spirits and Infirmities
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In the New Testament, the ministry of Jesus Christ is marked by numerous miraculous healings, including the deliverance of women from evil spirits and various infirmities. These accounts highlight the compassion and divine authority of Jesus, as well as the significant role women played in His ministry.

Mary Magdalene
One of the most prominent women healed by Jesus is Mary Magdalene. According to the Gospel of Luke, she was delivered from seven demons: "and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out" (Luke 8:2). Mary Magdalene's deliverance is significant, as she became a devoted follower of Jesus, witnessing His crucifixion and being the first to see Him after His resurrection (John 20:11-18).

The Woman with the Issue of Blood
Another notable healing is that of the woman with the issue of blood, as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels. This woman had suffered for twelve years and had spent all she had on physicians without finding a cure. Her faith led her to touch the hem of Jesus' garment, believing she would be healed. Jesus, recognizing her faith, declared, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction" (Mark 5:34). This account underscores the power of faith and Jesus' willingness to restore those who seek Him.

The Bent-Over Woman
In Luke 13:10-17, Jesus heals a woman who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years, causing her to be bent over and unable to straighten up. Jesus called her forward and said, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity" (Luke 13:12). He laid His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. This healing, performed on the Sabbath, also served as a teaching moment about the true purpose of the Sabbath and the value of compassion over legalism.

The Syrophoenician Woman's Daughter
The account of the Syrophoenician woman, found in Mark 7:24-30, illustrates Jesus' power over evil spirits and His mission to all people, including Gentiles. The woman approached Jesus, pleading for her daughter who was possessed by an unclean spirit. Despite an initial test of her faith, Jesus commended her persistence and declared, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter" (Mark 7:29). Her daughter was healed at that very moment.

Significance in Jesus' Ministry
These accounts of women healed of evil spirits and infirmities reveal several key aspects of Jesus' ministry. They demonstrate His authority over the spiritual realm and His compassion for the suffering. Women, often marginalized in the cultural context of the time, are shown to be recipients of Jesus' grace and active participants in His ministry. These healings also emphasize the importance of faith and the breaking down of social and religious barriers, as Jesus ministered to both Jews and Gentiles, men and women alike.

The healing of women in the Gospels serves as a testament to the inclusive nature of the Kingdom of God and the transformative power of Jesus' love and authority.
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Women in Chorus

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Women of Backsliding

Women of Evil People

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Women: A Persian Queen Sat on a Throne Beside Her King

Women: Active in Instigating to Iniquity

Women: Anna

Women: As Poets: Deborah

Women: As Poets: Elisabeth

Women: As Poets: Hannah

Women: As Poets: Mary

Women: As Poets: Miriam

Women: As Prophets: Anna

Women: As Prophets: Deborah

Women: As Prophets: Huldah

Women: As Prophets: Miriam

Women: As Prophets: Noadiah

Women: As Prophets: Philip's Four Unmarried Daughters

Women: As Rulers

Women: Athaliah

Women: Athaliah, in Destroying the Royal Household and Usurping the Throne

Women: Bath-Sheba, in Her Adultery, in Becoming the Wife of Her Husband's Murderer

Women: Consecrated Jewels to Tabernacle

Women: Converted by Preaching of Paul

Women: Cooked

Women: Could not Marry Without the Consent of Parents

Women: Creation of

Women: Deborah

Women: Deborah, a Judge, Prophetess, and Military Leader

Women: Delilah, in Her Conspiracy Against Samson

Women: Difference in Ceremonies Made Between Male and Female Children

Women: Dinah, in Her Fornication

Women: Domestic Duties of

Women: Dorcas (Tabitha)

Women: Elisabeth

Women: Embroidered

Women: Esther

Women: Eve, in Yielding to Temptation and Seducing Her Husband

Women: Fall of, and Curse Upon

Women: False Prophets

Women: First at the Gravesite

Women: First to Sin

Women: First to Whom the Risen Lord Appeared

Women: Fond of Ornaments

Women: Fond of Self-Indulgence

Women: Forbidden to Wear Men's Costume

Women: Gleaned

Women: Gomer, the Adulterous Wife of Hosea

Women: Guilty of Sodomy

Women: had Separate Apartments in Dwellings

Women: Haman's Wife, in Advising Him to Hang Mordecai

Women: Hannah, the Mother of Samuel

Women: Help in Defensive Operations

Women: Herodias, in Her Incestuous Marriage With Herod Antipas

Women: Herodius, by Indirectly Causing John the Baptist to be Decapitated

Women: Jezebel, in Her Conspiracy Against Naboth, to Cheat Him out of his Vineyard

Women: Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab

Women: Jezebel, in Her Persecution and Destruction of the Prophets of the Lord

Women: Jezebel, in Her Persecution of Elijah

Women: Job's Wife, in Suggesting to Him That he Curse God and Die

Women: Julia

Women: Kept Vineyards

Women: Last at the Cross

Women: Leah, in Her Imitation of Rachel in the Matter of Children

Women: Lois and Eunice

Women: Lot's Wife, in Her Rebellion Against Her Situation, and Against the Destruction of Sodom

Women: Lydia

Women: Made Garments

Women: Mary

Women: Mary and Martha

Women: Mary Magdalene

Women: Michal, in Her Derision of David's Religious Zeal

Women: Miriam, in Her Sedition With Aaron Against Moses

Women: Mirrors

Women: Mother of Samson

Women: Named

Women: Naomi

Women: Noadiah, a False Prophetess in Attempting to Intimidate the Jews when They Were Restoring Jerusalem

Women: Not to be Given in Marriage Was Considered a Calamity

Women: Ornaments of

Women: Patriotic: Deborah

Women: Patriotic: Miriam

Women: Patriotic: The Women of Israel

Women: Patriotic: The Women of the Philistines

Women: Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah

Women: Phoebe

Women: Pilate's Wife

Women: Potiphar's Wife, in Her Lascivious Lust and Slander Against Joseph

Women: Priscilla (Prisca)

Women: Promise To

Women: Property Rights of in Inheritance

Women: Property Rights of To Sell Real Estate

Women: Punishment for Seducing, when not Betrothed

Women: Punishment to be Inflicted Upon Men for Seducing, when Betrothed

Women: Purifications of After Childbirth

Women: Purifications of After Menstruation

Women: Queen Candace

Women: Queen of Sheba

Women: Rachel, in Her Jealousy of Leah

Women: Rachel, in Stealing Images

Women: Rahab, in Her Harlotry

Women: Rebekah, in Her Partiality for Jacob, and Her Sharp Practice to Secure for Him Isaac's Blessing

Women: Religious Privileges of, Among Early Christians

Women: Required to Attend to the Reading of the Law of Moses

Women: Rules for Dress of Christian

Women: Ruth

Women: Sapphira, in Her Blasphemous Falsehood

Women: Sarah, in Her Jealousy and Malice Toward Hagar

Women: Silly, and Easily Led Into Error

Women: Social Status of in Persia

Women: Social Status of in Roman Customs

Women: Sold for Husband's Debts

Women: Solomon's Wives, in Their Idolatrous and Wicked Influence Over Solomon

Women: Spun

Women: Subtle and Deceitful

Women: Symbolical of Wickedness

Women: Taken Captive

Women: Tamar, in Her Adultery

Women: Tended Flocks and Herds

Women: The Cannibalistic Mothers of Samaria

Women: The Daughter of Herodias, in Her Complicity With Her Mother in Securing the Death of John the Baptist

Women: The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust

Women: The Midianite Woman in the Camp of Israel, Taken in Adultery

Women: The Philippian Christians

Women: The Shunammite Woman, Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha

Women: The Sodomites of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)

Women: The Widow Who Put Her Two Mite (Small Coins, Greek: Leptas) Into the Treasury

Women: The Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery and Brought to Jesus in the Temple

Women: Took Part in Ancient Worship

Women: Treated With Cruelty in War

Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Women: Vashti

Women: Veiled the Face

Women: Virtuous, Held in High Estimation

Women: Vows of

Women: Weaker than Men

Women: when Jealously Charged With Infidelity, Their Guilt or Innocence Was to be Determined by an Ordeal

Women: Wicked

Women: Wicked: Commits Forgery

Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness

Women: Wicked: Silly and Wayward

Women: Wicked: Zeal of, in Licentious Practices of Idolatry

Women: Widow of Zarephath, Who Fed Elijah During the Famine

Women: Wore Hair Long

Women: Worked in Fields

Women: Worshiped in Separate Compartments

Women: Zealous in Promoting Superstition and Idolatry

Women: Zipporah, in Her Persecution of Moses on Account of his Religious Obligations

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