{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Apologetics Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org","title":"Demon Possession and Disease - Apologetics Press","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wD3HpNUhFg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/demon-possession-and-disease\/\">Demon Possession and Disease<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/demon-possession-and-disease\/embed\/#?secret=wD3HpNUhFg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Demon Possession and Disease&#8221; &#8212; Apologetics Press\" data-secret=\"wD3HpNUhFg\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/apologeticspress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Demon-Possession-and-Disease-KB-02.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"In a recent email that came to our offices at Apologetics Press, we received a question about demon possession and disease. The questioner had read the article on our site, in which Wayne Jackson stated that he believed demon possession ceased during the first century, saying: \u201cApparently, demon possession was permitted temporarily in order that the authority of Christ might be made manifest.\u201d1 The inquirer wanted to know how it could be the case that demon possession was temporarily permitted during the first century, but we still have the diseases and maladies such as blindness, deafness, and epilepsy, that the New Testament attributes to demon possession. If demon possession does not still take place, shouldn\u2019t all the diseases associated with it be gone as well?"}