Mark 3:11

Mark 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
• New International Version (NIV)Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of God.”

Context of Mark 3:11

9The crowd was very large. So Jesus asked his disciples to prepare a small boat for him. They did this so that the people would not push against him. 10Sick people were pushing to the front, because they were trying to touch him. They knew that he had made many people well. Often, a person with a bad spirit saw Jesus. Then, the spirit caused the person to fall down on the ground in front of Jesus. The spirit caused that person to shout out, ‘You are the Son of God.’ 12Jesus often had to say to the bad spirits, ‘You must not tell anyone who I am.’ 13Jesus went up a mountain. He chose some men and he asked them to go there with him. So they met together with him there.

Mark 3:11 word by word

καὶ τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα, ὅταν αὐτὸν ἐθεώρουν, προσέπιπτον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔκραζον ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• spiritsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• spiritsπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• they sawθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fell down beforeπροσπίπτωprospiptō · to fall/beatG4363
• criedκράζωkrazō · to cryG2896
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thouσύsu · youG4771
• artεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754

Cross-references for Mark 3:11

• Mark 1:23In the meeting place, there was a man who had a bad spirit. The bad spirit caused the man to shout.
• Mark 5:5The man often walked in the place where the dead people were and on the hills. Every day and every night, he screamed and he used stones to cut himself.
• Matthew 8:31The bad spirits said to Jesus, ‘If you make us leave these men, please send us to those pigs. Let us go into them.’
• Luke 4:41Also, bad spirits came out of many people. They were shouting, ‘You are the Son of God.’ The spirits knew that Jesus was the Messiah. Because of this, Jesus stopped them. He would not let them speak.
• Acts 16:17She followed Paul and all of us. She was shouting, ‘These men are servants of the powerful God who is over all! They are telling you how God can save you!’
• Acts 19:13There were some Jewish men who travelled about to different places. They caused bad spirits to leave people. Some of them wanted to use the name of the Lord Jesus when they did this. These Jews said to the bad spirits, ‘We tell you to come out of these people. We say this with the authority of Jesus, the man that Paul teaches people about.’
• James 2:19You believe that there is only one God. That is good! But even the demons believe that! And it makes them very afraid.
• Mark 1:1This is the start of the good news about Jesus Christ. He is the Son of God.
• Matthew 4:3Then the Devil came to Jesus and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, speak to these stones. Tell them to become bread.’
• Matthew 8:29When the two men saw Jesus, they immediately shouted at him, ‘You are the Son of God! What are you doing here? Have you come to punish us before the right time comes?’
• Matthew 14:33The disciples who were in the boat went down on their knees. They praised Jesus and they said to him, ‘It is true. You are really the Son of God.’
• Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he screamed. Then he went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, you are the Son of the powerful God who is over all! What are you doing here? Please do not hurt me.’

Commentaries on Mark 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thou art the Son of God - Two MSS., and the later Syriac, have, Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. One of Stephens's MSS. has, Thou art the Holy One of God. A MS. in the library of Leicester has, ̔ , ̔, Thou art God, the Son. This is an uncommon reading, which is not confirmed by any MS. yet discovered.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Unclean spirits - Persons who were possessed of evil spirits. Thou art the Son of God - The Son of God, by way of eminence. In this place it is equivalent to the Messiah, who was, among the Jews, called the Son of God. Hence, they were charged not to make him known, because he was not desirous that it should be blazoned abroad that he claimed to be the Messiah. He had not yet done what he wished in order to establish his claims to the Messiahship. He was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The unclean spirits knew who Jesus was (1:34; see also 1:22; 5:7). But Jesus did not want people to know his identity.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 3:11

• Demons
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Worship

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Commentaries on Mark 3

• 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