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THE MESSAGE
Mark 1:28
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At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.
And immediatly his fame spread abroad throughout al the region round about Galilee.
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding region of Galilee.
And the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the area of Galilee.
Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere throughout the district surrounding Galilee.
Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.
And immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.
And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
News about Jesus quickly spread all over Galilee.
And the news about him spread quickly through the whole region of the Galil.
And his fame went out straightway into the whole region of Galilee around.
So the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the area of Galilee.
And immediatly his fame spred abroade throughout all the region bordering on Galile.
And his fame immediately spread throughout the country of Galilee.
And so the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the province of Galilee.
And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.
And His fame went out at once into all the Galilean neighborhood.
And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.
And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.
The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of the Galil and its surrounding area.
At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
And his fame soon went out through all the region of Galila.
And immediately his fame spread into all the land of Galilee.
And immediatly his fame spread abrode throughout all the region borderyng on Galilee.
And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.
The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.
And immediately his fame went forth into all the country of Galilee round about.
And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.
And the fame of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.
And the report of him went out right away everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region around Galilee.
So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.
And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee.
The news about Jesus spread quickly throughout the entire region of Galilee.
At once the news about Jesus went through all the country around Galilee.
At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
And forth went the report of him, straightway, on every hand, into the surrounding country of Galilee.
And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Galilee.
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
And immediatly his fame spreed abroade throughoute all the region borderinge on Galile.
And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.
And immediatly the fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the coastes and borders of Galile.
upon this his fame immediately spread abroad over all the region of Galilee.
Word spread quickly in the country around Galilee about this new cowboy with a new way.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Mark 1:45, Micah 5:4, Matthew 4:24, Matthew 9:31, Luke 4:17, Luke 4:37
Reciprocal: Matthew 14:35 - General Mark 6:14 - his name Luke 4:14 - and there Luke 5:15 - went Luke 7:17 - General
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.
God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it—don't eat that.
"And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I'll also bless him; I'll make sure he has plenty of children—a huge family. He'll father twelve princes; I'll make him a great nation. But I'll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year."
Then Esau looked around and saw the women and children: "And who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children that God saw fit to bless me with."
God blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.
You heavens, praise him; praise him, earth; Also ocean and all things that swim in it.
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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".
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 28. And immediately his fame spread abroad — The miracle which he had performed was -
1. great;
2. evidenced much benevolence in the worker of it; and
3. was very public, being wrought in the synagogue.
The many who saw it published it wherever they went; and thus the fame of Christ, as an incomparable teacher, and unparalleled worker of miracles, became soon spread abroad through the land.
The word, ευθεως, immediately, occurs more frequently in this evangelist than in any other writer of the new covenant: it is very often superfluous, and may often be omitted in the translation, without any prejudice to the sense of the passage in which it is found. It seems to be used by St. Mark, as our ancient writers used forsooth, and such like words.
