The Chosen – Lesson 9 – Jesus Cures a Demon-possessed Man
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Watch and Discuss:

Watch a video clip from Season 2, episode 5: (Based on Luke Chapter 4, verses 31-37 in the Bible). As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions:

  1. Describe the place the followers of Jesus were staying.
  2. What were the two men holding in their hands?
  3. What colour was Mary’s garment?
  4. Who approached the man and tried to help him? What happened?
  5. How was the demon-possessed man able to knock Zee down?
  6. When Jesus came, how many other men were with Him?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the box on the right:


Man: That ! It's on all of you, but worse! !

Matthew: Don't come any !

Mary: Stop.

Matthew: Mary.

Man: Lilith?

Mary: I don't to that name.

Man: They told me you.

Mary: Did they?

Man: All of them.

Mary: My name is Mary. It was Mary.

Man: Oh, the stories they had. You're .

Mary: What's your name?

Man: Belial, of Oriax, Fifth Knight of Legion.

Mary: What's your real name?

Man: That smell... it's on all of you!

Mary: What did your call you?

Man: C--C-- Can't say.

Mary: Please say your name.

Zee: !

Jesus: Out! Out of him!!

Other Man: Yeah!!!

Jesus: It's all . Welcome back. I know. It seemed like it would never . What is your name?

Man: Caleb.

Jesus: Well, it's now. Let's get up, Caleb.

Vocabulary Exercises:

Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.

  1. close
  2. end
  3. knight
  4. over
  5. putrid
  6. smell
  7. spawn
  8. worse
  • a. done, ended, finished
  • b. rotten, badly spoiled
  • c. odour, the feeling sensed through the nose
  • d. to finish, the last part
  • e. offspring or children
  • f. lower in quality
  • g. with little space between, nearby
  • h. a soldier who rode on a horse and served a Baron, Duke or King

Completion Exercise:

Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of some words)

  1. My grandparents a family of doctors.
  2. Sir Lancelot was the most famous of King Arthur’s court.
  3. By the time she arrived, the party was .
  4. That chair is too to the wall; move it, or it might damage the paint.
  5. The weather was bad yesterday, but today it is even .
  6. At the of the game, the players shook hands, and everybody went home.
  7. The dead fish left on the beach all day turned .
  8. The of the fresh baked bread made me hungry.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What do you think had been happening before this event took place?
  2. Describe the condition of the man who came upon the place Jesus and His followers were staying.
  3. What does the man’s conversation with Mary tell us about Mary’s past?
  4. Why do you think Mary asked the man to tell her his name?
  5. Why was the man unable to answer Mary’s question?
  6. Who saved Mary from being hurt by the man?
  7. Why do you think Jesus said “Welcome back” to the man?
  8. What do we learn about Jesus in this episode?