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THE MESSAGE
Mark 1:26
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And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
And when the vncleane spirit had torne him, and cried with a lowd voice, he came out of him.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.
After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
The evil spirit shook the man violently, gave a loud cry, and then came out of him.
The unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions, and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.
Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
The spirit shook him. Then it gave a loud shout and left.
Throwing the man into a convulsion, it gave a loud shriek and came out of him.
And the unclean spirit, having torn him, and uttered a cry with a loud voice, came out of him.
The evil spirit made the man shake. Then the spirit made a loud noise and came out of him.
And the vncleane spirit tare him, & cried with a loude voyce, and came out of him.
And the unclean spirit threw him down, and cried out in a loud voice, and left him.
The evil spirit shook the man hard, gave a loud scream, and came out of him.
And after convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
And the unclean spirit convulsing him, and crying out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
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And the impure spirit threw him down, and cried with a high voice, and went forth from him.
And the unclean spirit threw him down, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him.
And when the vncleane spirite hadde torne hym, & cryed with a loude voyce, he came out of hym.
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And the unclean spirit having torn him, and cried with a loud noise, came out of him.
So the foul spirit, after throwing the man into convulsions, came out of him with a loud cry.
And the vnclene spirit debreidynge hym, and criynge with greet vois, wente out fro hym.
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him.
The demon threw the man down and gave a loud cry. Then he came out of him.
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And the impure spirit, tearing him, and calling out with a loud voice, came forth out of him;
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him.
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And ye vnclene spirite tare him and cryed with a loude voyce and came out of him.
and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,
And the foule sprete tare him, and cried with a loude voyce, and departed out of him.
and when the unclean spirit had thrown him into convulsions, with a loud cry, he came out of him.
That fellow fell down like he'd been hit with a whiskey bottle and the evil spirit that had a hold of the him yelped like a whipped pup as it came out of the man.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
torn: Mark 9:20, Mark 9:26, Luke 9:39, Luke 9:42, Luke 11:22
Reciprocal: Psalms 44:4 - command Mark 5:2 - with Luke 4:35 - thrown Acts 16:18 - being
Cross-References
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was: wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
God said, "The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!"
This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.
Know this: God is God, and God, God . He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
Still, God , you are our Father. We're the clay and you're our potter: All of us are what you made us. Don't be too angry with us, O God . Don't keep a permanent account of wrongdoing. Keep in mind, please, we are your people—all of us. Your holy cities are all ghost towns: Zion's a ghost town, Jerusalem's a field of weeds. Our holy and beautiful Temple, which our ancestors filled with your praises, Was burned down by fire, all our lovely parks and gardens in ruins. In the face of all this, are you going to sit there unmoved, God ? Aren't you going to say something? Haven't you made us miserable long enough?
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 out of him; though sorely, against his will, as his loud cry showed, and being obliged to it by a superior power.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See also Luke 4:31-37.
Mark 1:21
And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Matthew 4:13.
Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath.
The synagogue - See the notes at Matthew 4:23.
And taught - In the synagogue, the presiding elder, after reading the Scriptures, invited anyone who chose to address the people, Acts 13:15. Though our Saviour was not a “priest” of the Levitical order or an “officer” of the synagogue, yet we find him often availing himself of this privilege, and delivering his doctrines to the Jews.
Mark 1:22
He taught them as one that had authority ... - See the notes at Matthew 7:29.
Mark 1:23
A man with an unclean spirit - See Matthew 4:24. It is probable that this man had lucid intervals, or he would not have been admitted into the synagogue. When there, one of his fits came on, and he suddenly cried out.
Mark 1:24
Let us alone - Though only one impure spirit is mentioned as possessing this man, yet that spirit speaks also in the name of others.
They were leagued together in the work of evil, and this one knew that if he was punished, others would also share the same fate.
What have we to do with thee? - See the notes at Matthew 8:29. By this the spirit meant to say that, if Jesus cast him out, he would use an improper interference. But this was untrue. The possession of the man was a direct assault upon God and his works. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, and Jesus had a right, therefore, to liberate the captive, and to punish him who had possessed him. So Satan still considers it an infringement of his rights when God frees a “sinner” from bondage and destroys his influence over the soul. So he still asks to be let alone, and to be suffered to lead people captive at his will.
Art thou come to destroy us? - Implying that this could not be the intention of the “benevolent” Messiah; that to be cast out of that man would, in fact, be his destruction, and that therefore he might be suffered still to remain. Or it may imply, as in Matthew 8:29, that the time of their destruction had not come, and that he ought not to destroy them before that.
I know thee who thou art - Evil spirits seem to have been acquainted at once with the Messiah. Besides, they had learned from his miracles that he was the Messiah, and had power over them.
The Holy One of God - The Messiah. See Daniel 9:24. Jesus is called “the Holy One of God” because:
- Jesus was eminently pure.
- Because Jesus was the only begotten Son of God - equal with the Father. And,
- Because Jesus was anointed (set apart) to the work of the Messiah, the mediator between God and man.
Mark 1:25
And Jesus rebuked him - Chided him, or commanded him, with a threatening.
This was not the man that Jesus rebuked, but the spirit, for he instantly commanded the same being to come out of the man. In all this, Jesus did not once address the man. His conversation was with the evil spirit, proving conclusively that it was not a mere disease or mental derangement - for how could the Son of God hold converse with “disease” or “insanity?” - but that he conversed with a “being” who also conversed, reasoned, cavilled, felt, resisted, and knew him. There are, therefore, evil spirits, and those spirits have taken possession of human beings.
Hold thy peace - Greek, “Be muzzled.” “Restrain thyself.” “Cease from complaints, and come out of the man.” This was a very signal proof of the power of Jesus, to be able by a word to silence an evil angel, and, against his will, to compel him to leave a man whom he delighted to torment.
Mark 1:26
And when the unclean spirit ... - Still malignant, though doomed to obey - submitting because he was obliged to, not because he chose - he exerted his last power, inflicted all the pain he could, and then bowed to the Son of God and came out.
This is the nature of an evil disposition. Though compelled to obey, though prevented by the command and providence of God from doing what it “would,” yet, in seeming to obey, it does all the ill it can, and makes even the appearance of obedience the occasion for increased crime and mischief.
Mark 1:27, Mark 1:28
And they were all amazed ... - The power of casting out devils was new to them.
It was done by a word. Jesus did it in his own name and by his own authority. This proved that he was superior to all the unclean spirits. In consequence, Jesus’ fame spread throughout all the country, and the impression became prevalent that he was the Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. And when the unclean spirit had torn him — And had thrown him down in the midst, Luke 4:35, και σπαραξαν, and convulsed him. Never was there a person possessed by an unclean spirit who did not suffer a convulsion, perhaps a total ruin of nature by it. Sins of uncleanness, as the apostle intimates, are against the body; they sap the foundation of life, so that there are very few of this class, whether male or female, that live out half their days: they generally die martyrs to their lusts. When the propensities of the flesh are most violent in a person who is determined to serve God, it is often a proof that these are the last efforts of the impure spirit, who has great rages because he knows his time is but short.
