Mark 1:23

Mark 1:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
• New International Version (NIV)Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

Context of Mark 1:23

21Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. 22The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue: 24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” 25But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

Mark 1:23 word by word

Καὶ εὐθὺς ἦν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ καὶ ἀνέκραξενRead the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Suddenlyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• an uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• cried outἀνακράζωanakrazō · to yellG349
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• synagogueσυναγωγήsunagōgē · synagogueG4864

Cross-references for Mark 1:23

• Mark 1:34And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
• Mark 5:2As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
• Mark 7:25Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
• Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
• Matthew 12:43When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
• Luke 4:33In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

Commentaries on Mark 1:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23A 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 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”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 The devil is an unclean spirit, because he has lost all the purity of his nature, because he acts in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit of God, and by his suggestions defiles the spirits of men. There are many in our assemblies who quietly attend under merely formal teachers; but if the Lord come with faithful ministers and holy doctrine, and by his convincing Spirit, they are ready to say, like this man, What have we to do with thee, Jesus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24The demon spoke through the man who was possessed by an evil spirit (1:24). In the Gospels, demons are often associated with disease (9:17, 27; Matthew 17:15) and self-destructive behavior (Mark 1:26; 5:2–5; 9:17–18, 20–22). Demons know who Jesus is (1:34). They constantly identify him as the Holy One of God (for similar phrases see 3:11; 5:7). In saying us, the evil spirit spoke on behalf of all demons. It recognized that Jesus has full authority and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit--literally, "in an unclean spirit"--that is, so entirely under demoniacal power that his personality was sunk for the time in that of the spirit. The frequency with which this character of "impurity" is ascribed to evil spirits--some twenty times in the Gospels--is not to be overlooked. and he cried out--as follows:Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 1:23

• Capernaum
• Demons
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Unclean Spirit
• Daemoniac
• Latchet
• Affliction
• Capernaum
• Commentaries
• Cry, Crying
• Demon; Demoniac; Demonology
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings