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Verse	Translation	Text
Mr 1:21	Strong Concordance	And [2532] they went [1531] into [1519] Capernaum [2584]; and [2532] straightway [2112] on the sabbath day [4521] he entered [1525] into [1519] the synagogue [4864], and taught [1321].
	King James	And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HEALING OF A DEMONIAC IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF CAPERNAUM AND THEREAFTER OF SIMON'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS--JESUS, NEXT DAY, IS FOUND IN A SOLITARY PLACE AT MORNING PRAYERS, AND IS ENTREATED TO RETURN, BUT DECLINES, AND GOES FORTH ON HIS FIRST MISSIONARY CIRCUIT. ( = Luk 4:31-44; Mat 8:14-17; Mat 4:23-25). (Mark 1:21-39) And they went into Capernaum--(See on Mat 4:13). and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught--This should have been rendered, "straightway on the sabbaths He entered into the synagogue and taught," or "continued to teach." The meaning is, that as He began this practice on the very first sabbath after coming to settle at Capernaum, so He continued it regularly thereafter.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

HEALING OF A DEMONIAC IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF CAPERNAUM AND THEREAFTER OF SIMON'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS--JESUS, NEXT DAY, IS FOUND IN A SOLITARY PLACE AT MORNING PRAYERS, AND IS ENTREATED TO RETURN, BUT DECLINES, AND GOES FORTH ON HIS FIRST MISSIONARY CIRCUIT. ( = Luk 4:31-44; Mat 8:14-17; Mat 4:23-25). (Mark 1:21-39)

And they went into Capernaum--(See on Mat 4:13).

and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught--This should have been rendered, "straightway on the sabbaths He entered into the synagogue and taught," or "continued to teach." The meaning is, that as He began this practice on the very first sabbath after coming to settle at Capernaum, so He continued it regularly thereafter.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
See also Luk 4:31-37. Mar 1:21 And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Mat 4:13. Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath. The synagogue - See the notes at Mat 4:23. And taught - In the synagogue, the presiding elder, after reading the Scriptures, invited anyone who chose to address the people, Act 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. Mar 1:22 He taught them as one that had authority ... - See the notes at Mat 7:29. Mar 1:23 A man with an unclean spirit - See Mat 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. Mar 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 Mat 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 Mat 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 Dan 9:24. Jesus is called "the Holy One of God" because: 1. Jesus was eminently pure. 2. Because Jesus was the only begotten Son of God - equal with the Father. And, 3. Because Jesus was anointed (set apart) to the work of the Messiah, the mediator between God and man. Mar 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. Mar 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. Mar 1:27, Mar 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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

See also Luk 4:31-37.

Mar 1:21

And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Mat 4:13.

Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath.

The synagogue - See the notes at Mat 4:23.

And taught - In the synagogue, the presiding elder, after reading the Scriptures, invited anyone who chose to address the people, Act 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.

Mar 1:22

He taught them as one that had authority ... - See the notes at Mat 7:29.

Mar 1:23

A man with an unclean spirit - See Mat 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.

Mar 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 Mat 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 Mat 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 Dan 9:24. Jesus is called "the Holy One of God" because:

1. Jesus was eminently pure.

2. Because Jesus was the only begotten Son of God - equal with the Father. And,

3. Because Jesus was anointed (set apart) to the work of the Messiah, the mediator between God and man.

Mar 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.

Mar 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.

Mar 1:27, Mar 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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Luk 4:31.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Capernaum - See Mat 4:13. He entered into the synagogue - Their synagogues - εν ταις συναγωγαις αυτων, according to the Syriac, which has the word in the plural.

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¹³ And [2532] leaving [2641] Nazareth [3478], he came [2064] and dwelt [2730] in [1519] Capernaum [2584], which [3588] is upon the sea coast [3864], in [1722] the borders [3725] of Zabulon [2194] and [2532] Nephthalim [3508]:

²³ And [2532] Jesus [2424] went about [4013] all [3650] Galilee [1056], teaching [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], and [2532] preaching [2784] the gospel [2098] of the kingdom [932], and [2532] healing [2323] all [3956] manner of sickness [3554] and [2532] all [3956] manner of disease [3119] among [1722] the people [2992].
²⁴ And [2532] his [846] fame [189] went [565] throughout [1519] all [3650] Syria [4947]: and [2532] they brought [4374] unto him [846] all [3956] sick [2560] people [2192] that were taken with [4912] divers [4164] diseases [3554] and [2532] torments [931], and [2532] those which were possessed with devils [1139], and [2532] those which were lunatick [4583], and [2532] those that had the palsy [3885]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846].
²⁵ And [2532] there followed [190] him [846] great [4183] multitudes of people [3793] from [575] Galilee [1056], and [2532] from Decapolis [1179], and [2532] from Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] from Judaea [2449], and [2532] from beyond [4008] Jordan [2446].

¹⁴ And [2532] when Jesus [2424] was come [2064] into [1519] Peter's [4074] house [3614], he saw [1492] his [846] wife's mother [3994] laid [906], and [2532] sick of a fever [4445].
¹⁵ And [2532] he touched [680] her [846] hand [5495], and [2532] the fever [4446] left [863] her [846]: and [2532] she arose [1453], and [2532] ministered [1247] unto them [846].
¹⁶ When [1161] the even [3798] was come [1096], they brought [4374] unto him [846] many [4183] that were possessed with devils [1139]: and [2532] he cast out [1544] the spirits [4151] with his word [3056], and [2532] healed [2323] all [3956] that were [2192] sick [2560]:
¹⁷ That it might [3704] be fulfilled [4137] which was spoken [4483] by [1223] Esaias [2268] the prophet [4396], saying [3004], Himself [846] took [2983] our [2257] infirmities [769], and [2532] bare [941] our sicknesses [3554].

³¹ And [2532] came down [2718] to [1519] Capernaum [2584], a city [4172] of Galilee [1056], and [2532] taught [1321] them [846] [2258] on [1722] the sabbath days [4521].
³² And [2532] they were astonished [1605] at [1909] his [846] doctrine [1322]: for [3754] his [846] word [3056] was [2258] with [1722] power [1849].
³³ And [2532] in [1722] the synagogue [4864] there was [2258] a man [444], which had [2192] a spirit [4151] of an unclean [169] devil [1140], and [2532] cried out [349] with a loud [3173] voice [5456],
³⁴ Saying [3004], Let us alone [1436]; what [5101] have we to do [2254] with thee [4671], [2532] thou Jesus [2424] of Nazareth [3479]? art thou come [2064] to destroy [622] us [2248]? I know [1492] thee [4571] who [5101] thou art [1488]; the Holy One [40] of God [2316].
³⁵ And [2532] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] him [846], saying [3004], Hold thy peace [5392], and [2532] come [1831] out of [1537] him [846]. And [2532] when the devil [1140] had thrown [4496] him [846] in [1519] the midst [3319], he came [1831] out of [575] him [846], and hurt [984] him [846] not [3367].
³⁶ And [2532] they were [1096] all [1909] [3956] amazed [2285], and [2532] spake [4814] among [4314] themselves [240], saying [3004], What [5101] a word [3056] is this [3778]! for [3754] with [1722] authority [1849] and [2532] power [1411] he commandeth [2004] the unclean [169] spirits [4151], and [2532] they come out [1831].
³⁷ And [2532] the fame [2279] of [4012] him [846] went out [1607] into [1519] every [3956] place [5117] of the country round about [4066].
³⁸ And [1161] he arose [450] out of [1537] the synagogue [4864], and entered [1525] into [1519] Simon's [4613] house [3614]. And [1161] Simon's [4613] wife's mother [3994] was [2258] taken with [4912] a great [3173] fever [4446]; and [2532] they besought [2065] him [846] for [4012] her [846].
³⁹ And [2532] he stood [2186] over [1883] her [846], and rebuked [2008] the fever [4446]; and [2532] it left [863] her [846]: and immediately [3916] she arose [450] and [1161] ministered [1247] unto them [846].
⁴⁰ Now [1161] when the sun [2246] was setting [1416], all [3956] they that [3745] had [2192] any sick [770] with divers [4164] diseases [3554] brought [71] them [846] unto [4314] him [846]; and [1161] he laid [2007] his hands [5495] on [2007] every [1538] one [1520] of them [846], and healed [2323] them [846].
⁴¹ And [1161] devils [1140] also [2532] came [1831] out of [575] many [4183], crying out [2896], and [2532] saying [3004], [3754] Thou [4771] art [1488] Christ [5547] the Son [5207] of God [2316]. And [2532] he rebuking [2008] them suffered [1439] them [846] not [3756] to speak [2980]: for [3754] they knew [1492] that he [846] was [1511] Christ [5547].
⁴² And [1161] when it was [1096] day [2250], he departed [1831] and went [4198] into [1519] a desert [2048] place [5117]: and [2532] the people [3793] sought [2212] him [846], and [2532] came [2064] unto [2193] him [846], and [2532] stayed [2722] him [846], that he should not [3361] depart [4198] from [575] them [846].
⁴³ And [1161] he said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], [3754] I [3165] must [1163] preach [2097] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] to other [2087] cities [4172] also [2532]: for [3754] therefore [1519] [5124] am I sent [649].
⁴⁴ And [2532] he preached [2258] [2784] in [1722] the synagogues [4864] of Galilee [1056].

²⁸ And [1161] immediately [2117] his [846] fame [189] spread abroad [1831] throughout [1519] all [3650] the region round about [4066] Galilee [1056].

²⁷ And [2532] they were [2284] all [3956] amazed [2284], insomuch that [5620] they questioned [4802] among [4314] themselves [846], saying [3004], What thing [5101] is [2076] this [3778]? what [5101] new [2537] doctrine [1322] is this [5124]? for [3754] with [2596] authority [1849] commandeth [2004] he even [2532] the unclean [169] spirits [4151], and [2532] they do obey [5219] him [846].

²⁶ And [2532] when the unclean [169] spirit [4151] had torn [4682] him [846], and [2532] cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], he came [1831] out of [1537] him [846].

²⁵ And [2532] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] him [846], saying [3004], Hold thy peace [5392], and [2532] come [1831] out of [1537] him [846].

²⁴ Seventy [07657] weeks [07620] are determined [02852] upon thy people [05971] and upon thy holy [06944] city [05892], to finish [03607] the transgression [06588], and to make an end [08552] [02856] of sins [02403], and to make reconciliation [03722] for iniquity [05771], and to bring in [0935] everlasting [05769] righteousness [06664], and to seal up [02856] the vision [02377] and prophecy [05030], and to anoint [04886] the most [06944] Holy [06944].

²⁹ And [2532], behold [2400], they cried out [2896], saying [3004], What [5101] have we [2254] to do with [2532] thee [4671], Jesus [2424], thou Son [5207] of God [2316]? art thou come [2064] hither [5602] to torment [928] us [2248] before [4253] the time [2540]?

²⁴ Saying [3004], Let us alone [1436]; what [5101] have we [2254] to do [2532] with thee [4671], thou Jesus [2424] of Nazareth [3479]? art thou come [2064] to destroy [622] us [2248]? I know [1492] thee [4571] who [5101] thou art [1488], the Holy One [40] of God [2316].

²⁴ And [2532] his [846] fame [189] went [565] throughout [1519] all [3650] Syria [4947]: and [2532] they brought [4374] unto him [846] all [3956] sick [2560] people [2192] that were taken with [4912] divers [4164] diseases [3554] and [2532] torments [931], and [2532] those which were possessed with devils [1139], and [2532] those which were lunatick [4583], and [2532] those that had the palsy [3885]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846].

²³ And [2532] there was [2258] in [1722] their [846] synagogue [4864] a man [444] with [1722] an unclean [169] spirit [4151]; and [2532] he cried out [349],

²⁹ For [1063] he taught [1321] [2258] them [846] as [5613] one having [2192] authority [1849], and [2532] not [3756] as [5613] the scribes [1122].

²² And [2532] they were astonished [1605] at [1909] his [846] doctrine [1322]: for [1063] he taught [1321] [2258] them [846] as [5613] one that had [2192] authority [1849], and [2532] not [3756] as [5613] the scribes [1122].

¹⁵ And [1161] after [3326] the reading [320] of the law [3551] and [2532] the prophets [4396] the rulers of the synagogue [752] sent [649] unto [4314] them [846], saying [3004], Ye men [435] and brethren [80], if [1487] ye have [2076] [1722] [5213] any word [3056] of exhortation [3874] for [4314] the people [2992], say on [3004].

²¹ And [2532] they went [1531] into [1519] Capernaum [2584]; and [2532] straightway [2112] on the sabbath day [4521] he entered [1525] into [1519] the synagogue [4864], and taught [1321].

³¹ And [2532] came down [2718] to [1519] Capernaum [2584], a city [4172] of Galilee [1056], and [2532] taught [1321] them [846] [2258] on [1722] the sabbath days [4521].