Neville Goddard on Luke 4:33-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 4 in context

Scripture Focus

33And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Luke 4:33-36

Biblical Context

A man with an unclean spirit confronts Jesus in the synagogue. Jesus commands the spirit to be quiet and to come out, and the spirit departs without harming the man; the people marvel at his authority.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as a map of your inner life. The synagogue is your mind and the man’s cry is a belief identified as you. The Holy One of God within is your I AM, the unshakeable awareness that has authority over every thought form. When the command goes forth Be still; come out of him, it is not a battle with another person but a revision of identification. The demon leaves because the true self refuses to feed fear and agrees with truth: you are more than a thought; you are the Self that cannot be tormented by illusion. The astonished crowd mirrors your external world reacting to a deep inner change. As you align with the inner Jesus—the I AM speaking through imagination—you watch the old limitation collapse, and freedom returns to the place where you believed yourself to be bound. This is not a miracle to beg for, but a realization to awaken within you now.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively declare that the I AM is your reality and command the old belief to depart. In your imagination, feel the relief and the spaciousness as the thought form dissolves.