| Luke | Exorcist/ Demon’s name |
Manifestation |
Action / words |
Effect / visible effect |
Audience response |
| 4: 33-37 |
Jesus None recorded |
None recorded | "Be quiet! Come out of him!" | The demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him. | All the people were amazed. And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area. |
| 6: 18-19 |
Jesus None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | Those troubled by evil spirits were cured | The people all tried to touch him |
| 7: 21-23 |
Jesus None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | None recorded | John’s disciples returned and reported to John |
| 8: 26-39 |
Jesus Legion |
This man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but...in the tombs | He asked for their name; he gave them permission to enter the pigs | Man became normal. The herd of pigs rushed into the sea and drowned | Fear overcame them; they asked Jesus to leave the area. |
| 9: 2, 6 |
12 Disciples None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | None recorded | Herod heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed...And he tried to see Jesus. |
| 9: 37-45 |
Jesus None recorded |
The spirit seizes him, he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions...he foams at the mouth. It...is destroying him. ...threw him to the ground | Jesus rebuked the evil spirit | Jesus healed the boy and gave him back to his father. | They were all amazed at the greatness of God. ...everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did |
| 10: 17 |
72 disicples None recorded |
None recorded | Demons submit in Jesus’ name | None recorded | The seventy-two returned with joy |
| 11: 14 |
Jesus None recorded |
Mute | None recorded | The man who had been mute spoke | The crowd was amazed |
| Acts | Exorcist/ Demon’s name |
Manifestation |
Action / words |
Effect / visible effect |
Audience response |
| 5: 12-16 |
The Apostles None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | None recorded | None recorded |
| 8: 5-8 |
Philip None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | With shrieks | There was great joy in the city |
| 16: 16-21 |
Paul None recorded |
None recorded | "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" | At that moment the spirit left her. The owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone | They seized Paul and Silas, dragged them...to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are...advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to...practice" |
| 19: 11-12 |
Paul None recorded |
None recorded | None recorded | None recorded | Paul‘s handkerchiefs and aprons were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. |
| 19: 13-20 |
Sceva’s 7 sons None recorded |
None recorded | "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." | Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding. | The name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. Many... believed...openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls...and burned them. The word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. |
| PGM | Name of the god | Action during conjuration | Specific request | Reason the god / daimon should obey you | Action to follow conjuration |
I. 195-222 |
"Say this to Helios..." | None recorded | "Shield me against all excess of magical power of aerial daimon [and] fate" | "...because I call upon your secret name." | None recorded |
IV. 1227-64 |
God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob; Jesus Chrestos; the Holy Spirit, the Son of the Father | Put seven olive branches in front of him, stand behind him; use one of the branches like a whip as you utter the conjuration | Rite for driving out daimons. "Drive away this unclean daimon Satan, who is in him..." | "I conjure you, daimon...by this god..." "Come out... since I bind you with unbreakable adamantine fetters & deliver you into the black chaos in perdition." | Hang around him a phylactery made of tin bearing a particular inscription or sign. |
IV. 3007-86 |
A wide variety including: God of the Hebrews, Jesus; the One who saved him people from the Pharaoh; the great god Sabaoth; many phrases follow that describe YHWH | Boil a mixture of oil from un-ripe olives, mastigia (an herb), lotus fruit pulp, and colorless marjoram; "while conjuring, blow once, blowing air from the tips of the feet up to the face..." | Every daimon must tell what sort it is. "Every spirit and daimon...will be subject to you." | Not explicitly stated—implicitly, on the authority of the name of the gods named. | The patient is to wear a tin lamella bearing a particluar inscription. The "one who receive this conjuration" must not "eat pork." |
V. 96-172 |
Headless One, Osoronnophris, Iabas, Iapos, etc. | Write the formula on a new piece of papyrus, stretch it from one of your temples to the other, read the 6 names while you face north saying... | "Subject to me all daimon, whether heavenly or aerial or earthly or subterranean or terrestrail or aquatic ... | Not explicitly stated—implicitly, on the authority of the name of the gods named. | None recorded |
VII. 311-16 |
Iao Sabaoth Adonai etc.; written on the phylactery to be worn by the person | Wear the amulet | Protect "from any violence both by a frightful dream and by all demons of the air." | "I conjure you by the great, famous name, Abraam" etc. | Wear the phylactery. |
VII. 505-28 |
Tyche, Helios, Aion | "Write the name (of the daimon) in myrrh ink on two male eggs. Cleanse yourself thoroughly with one; then lick off the name, break it, and throw it away. Hold the other in your partially open right hand & show it to the sun at dawn &...olive branches; raise up your right hand, sup-porting the elbow with your left hand. Then speak the formula seven times, crack the egg open, and swallow its contents." | None recorded | Not explicitly stated—implicitly, on the authority of the name of the gods named. | Do this for seven days, and recite the formula at sunset as well as sunrise. |
LXXXIX. 1-27 |
Abrasax (a solar god) | None recorded | Get hold of the daimon or phantom and do away with it, deliver, get rid of it. | Not explicitly stated—implicitly, on the authority of the name of the gods named. | None recorded |