Jesus Casts Out Demons: With the exorcism in 4:33–36 we have the first of some twenty-one miracles performed by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. These miracles may be assigned to four basic categories: Exorcisms, healings, resuscitations, and nature miracles. (1) In addition to the exorcism of the demon-possessed man in the synagogue, Jesus exorcises two other demon-possessed persons (the Gerasene “demoniac” in 8:26–39 and the mute man in 11:14). Luke 4:41 refers to exorcisms in general, while elsewhere in Luke demon possession and Satan are discussed (see 10:18; 11:15–20, 24–26). (2) The most common miracle, however, is healing. In addition to the healings that will be discussed below there are the healings of the leper (5:12–16), the paralyzed man (5:17–26), the man with the withered hand (6…