Mark 1:23-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 1:23-28

As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan, and cure sick souls. In these verses, we have, I. Christ's casting the devil out of a man that was possessed, in the synagogue at Capernaum. This passage was not related in Matthew, but is afterward in Luke 4:33. There was in the synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, en pneumati akatharto?in an... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 1:23-28

1:23-28 There was in the synagogue a man in the grip of an unclean spirit. Immediately he broke into a shout. "What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth?" he said. "Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are you are The Holy One of God." Jesus spoke sternly to him. "Be silent," he said, "and come out of him." When the unclean spirit had convulsed the man and had cried with a great cry it came out of him. They were all so astonished that they kept asking each other, "What is this?... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:23

And there was in their synagogue ,.... In the synagogue of the Capernaites, at the same time that Jesus was teaching there, a man with an unclean spirit : not with an unclean heart, for there were doubtless many such there, but that had a devil; for in Luke 4:33 , it is said, "he had a spirit of an unclean devil": so called, because he is impure in himself, and the cause of uncleanness in men, in which he delights: and such spirits sometimes are where religious persons meet, but with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:24

Saying, let us alone, &c.; Meaning with himself, the rest of the unclean spirits, that had possessed the bodies of men in Galilee, and in all Judea; knowing that Christ had power to dislodge them, and fearing he would, entreats him he would let them alone, quietly to dwell in their beloved habitations: what have we to do with thee ? They had nothing to do with Christ, as a Saviour; they had no interest in him, nor in his redemption, but he had something to do with them, to show his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:25

And Jesus rebuked him ,.... Checking his insolence, despising his flattery, and refusing to receive a testimony from him; and which he wanted not, lest it should be thought he had a familiarity and confederacy with him: saying, hold thy peace ; stop thy mouth, I need no such witness as thine, nor thy praises; I am not to be soothed by thy flattery, nor is my mouth to be stopped, or power restrained, by such methods: wherefore he adds, and come out of him : I will not let thee alone,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:26

And when the unclean spirit had torn him ,.... Not that he had torn any limb from him, or had made any wound in any part of his body; for Luke says, Luke 4:35 , that he "hurt him not", but he shook him; and as Luke there says, "threw him in the midst", of the people, or synagogue; and so the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read here, "he cast him", or "threw him to the ground": he threw him into convulsions, and laid him prostrate on the floor: and cried with a loud voice, he came... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:27

And they were all amazed ,.... The people that were in the synagogue, who were met together for divine worship, were astonished, not only at his doctrine, as before, but at this miracle and power of his in casting out devils: insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, what thing is this ? They spake among themselves, as Luke says, Luke 4:36 ; they inquired of one another; they conferred together, talked over the point, and disputed among themselves, concerning both the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 1:28

And immediately his fame spread abroad ,.... Not only in the city of Capernaum, where these things were done, and where his fame was first spread, but also throughout all the region round about Galilee : and not only throughout Galilee, but throughout all the country that was bordering upon it, and adjacent to it; see Matthew 4:23 . The Persic version reads, "through all the provinces". read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:23

A man with an unclean spirit - This demoniac is only mentioned by Mark and Luke, Luke 4:33 . It seems the man had lucid intervals; else he could not have been admitted into the synagogue. Unclean or impure spirit - a common epithet for those fallen spirits: but here it may mean, one who filled the heart of him he possessed with Lascivious thoughts, images, desires, and propensities. By giving way to the first attacks of such a spirit, he may soon get in, and take full possession of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 1:24

What have we to do with thee - Or, What is it to us and to thee? or, What business hast thou with us? That this is the meaning of the original, τι ἡμιν και σοι , Kypke has sufficiently shown. There is a phrase exactly like it in 2 Samuel 16:10 . What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? צרויה בני ולכם לי מה ma li v'lacem beney Tseruiah , What business have ye with me, or, Why do ye trouble me, ye sons of Tseruiah? The Septuagint translate the Hebrew just as the evangelist does... read more

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