«Scacciò gli spiriti e guarì tutti i malati»

Discernimento sugli esorcismi di Gesù nei sinottici (I)

Abstract

In the current research on the historical Jesus, a considerable consensus has emerged, based on the use of various historiographical criteria, to the effect that it is historically certain that he often performed not only healings but also exorcisms. After assessing in a necessarily concise manner the historical soundness of three of the seven Synoptic accounts of exorcisms, the present research verifies the textual clues that lead to believe that these were indeed really and truly exorcisms.