In the New Testament demon-possession means that a person is dominated by the spirit of a demon and tormented by him. It is noteworthy that it is distinguished (especially in the Gospel of the physician, Luke) from cases of ordinary sickness, insanity (“lunacy”), leprosy, blindness, lameness, deafness and other natural defects and diseases (cf., e.g., Matt. 4:23, 24, 8:16, 10:8; Mark 6:13; Luke 4:40, 7:21, 22). Accordingly this was not merely an ordinary form of mental