Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
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Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
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And Iesus rebuked him sayinge: hoolde thy peace and come out of him.
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And Iesus rebuked him, saying, Holde thy peace, and come out of him.
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Passages linked to Mark 1:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 1:34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
- Mark 3:11-12 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!” He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
- Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
- Luke 4:41 Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
- Acts 16:17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
- Luke 4:35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
- Psalms 50:16 But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace,…
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Ver. 25. Hold thy peace] φιμωθητι capistrator, be thou haltered up, or muzzled. Christ would not hear good words from an evil mouth. High words become not a fool, saith Solomon. The leper’s lips should be covered, according to the law.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It is both here and in many other places…
It is both here and in many other places observable, that when the devils made a confession of Christ, yet neither Christ nor his apostles would ever take any notice of it. Truth is never advantaged from the confession of known liars, as the devil was from the beginning. Christ needed not the devil’s testimony, either to his holiness, or his being the Son of God, nor would he have people allow the least faith to the devil’s words. Nor was he to be imposed upon by the devil’s good words; he was to make no truce with him, but to destroy him and his works, he therefore charges him to hold his peace, and to come out.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him. The Greek word here, οπαραξαν, is ill translated torn, as appears by Luk 4:35, where it is said it did him no hurt: the word signifies no more than a violent convulsion, or shaking; and it is observed that those possessed by devils had only their members made use of by the devils, but without any wounding or laceration of them.
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He cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him. Oh how loth is the devil to part with his possession! But possibly also Christ would have him cry out with a loud voice, that his miraculous operation might be the more taken notice of.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jesus rebuked him,.... Checking his insolence, despising his…
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,
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and come out of him: I will not let thee alone, thy encomiums of me shall not prevail upon me to leave thee in the quiet possession of the man; I will give a testimony of who I am, by the dispossessing of thee out of this man. In imitation of this authoritative power of Christ, the Jewish exorcists, in their pretensions to cast out devils, use a like form: so they tell us (q), that R. Simeon ben Jochai, cast a devil out of Caesar's daughter, saying, "Ben Talmion" (which was the name of the devil) "come out, Ben Talmion come out"; and he came out of her; See Gill on Mat 12:27.
(q) T. Bab. Meilab, fol. 17. 2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. And Jesus rebuked him] A spirit of…
Verse 25. And Jesus rebuked him] A spirit of this cast will only yield to the sovereign power of the Son of God. All watchings, fasting, and mortifications, considered in themselves, will do little or no good. Uncleanness, of every description, will only yield to the rebuke of God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Christ would not suffer the devils to be produced…
Christ would not suffer the devils to be produced as witnesses of his divinity; the author of truth could not bear the father of lies to bear testimony of him. Hence Jesus threatened him, in order to teach us never to believe or put our trust in demons, whatever they may foretell. (St. John Chrysostom)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and…
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him--A glorious word of command. BENGEL remarks that it was only the testimony borne to Himself which our Lord meant to silence. That he should afterwards cry out for fear or rage (Mar 1:26) He would right willingly permit.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Hold thy peace — Jesus was careful to…
25. Hold thy peace — Jesus was careful to guard himself and his own cause from every token of sympathy with the infernal beings, and so drew a most palpable line of hostility between them and himself. This he did probably to prevent all colouring for the Jews to say that there was collusion between him and them; or that he cast out devils through diabolical confederacy and power. Yet our Lord did not veil himself from their perception, nor prevent their expressing their first recognition of him; knowing their language concerning him would be of such a character as to indicate that they feared and dreaded him as their worst enemy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. rebuked him] Though he had borne testimony to…
25. rebuked him] Though he had borne testimony to Christ, yet his testimony is not accepted, for it was probably intended only to do harm, “to anticipate and mar His great purpose and plan.” Compare the conduct of St Paul in reference to the girl possessed with the spirit of Apollo (Act_16:16-18).
Hold thy peace] lit. Be muzzled. The same word is used by our Lord in rebuking the storm on the Lake, “Peace, be still” (Mar_4:39). Wyclif translates it “wexe doumbe.” The word means (1) “to close the mouth with a muzzle, comp. 1Co_9:9, “Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn,” cited here and in 1Ti_5:18 from Deu_25:4; (2) to reduce to silence, as in Mat_22:34, “But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence,” and 1Pe_2:15, “so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.” It is also used in reference to the man who had not on the wedding garment, “he was speechless” (Mat_22:12).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) Hold thy peace.—Literally, be still, be gagged. The…
(25) Hold thy peace.—Literally, be still, be gagged. The same verb is used in the calming of the winds and waves in Mar_4:39.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Hold thy peace, and come out of him. It…
Hold thy peace, and come out of him. It was necessary that our Lord should at once assert his absolute power over the evil spirits; and not only this, but also that he should show that he had nothing to do with them. Later on in his ministry it was objected to him that he cast out devils by the prince of the devils. Then, further, the time was not yet arrived when Christ was to be publicly proclaimed as the Son of God. This great truth was to be gradually unfolded, and the people were to be persuaded by many miracles. But at present they were not prepared for this, and therefore our Lord charged his apostles that they should not make him known.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:25 Jesus did not need to shout or utter…
1:25 Jesus did not need to shout or utter magic words. He simply spoke with the authority of the Son of God (1:1), and the evil spirit obeyed. • Be quiet! Jesus commanded the evil spirit not to make him known. This is an instance of the “messianic secret,” an expression for passages in Mark in which Jesus commands demons or people not to reveal his identity (1:25, 34; 3:11-12; 8:30; 9:9).
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