Mark 1 · Verse 25

Mark 1:25

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Mark 1:25, King James Version

Mark 1:25 in other translations

BSBBut Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
WEBJesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
ASVAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
YLTAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silenced, and come forth out of him,'
DARBYAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace and come out of him.
BBEAnd Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.
WebsterAnd Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

What does Mark 1:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. 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 (Mr 1:26) He would right willingly permit.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 25. And Jesus rebuked him. Chode him, or commanded him, with a threatening, to be still. This was not the man that he 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 evil spirit; proving conclusively that it was not a mere disease, or derangement---for how could the Son of God hold converse with disease, or delirium?--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 men.

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.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 1:23-28

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…

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Mark 1:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐπετίμησενepetimēsenrebukedG2008
αὐτῷautōhimG846
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
λέγων·legōnsaying:G3004
φιμώθητιphimōthētido be silentG5392
καὶkaiandG2532
ἔξελθεexelthedo come forthG1831
ἐξexout ofG1537
αὐτοῦ.autouhim!G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 1:25

  • Mark 1:34

    And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

  • Mark 3:11-12

    And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

  • Luke 4:41

    And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

  • Acts 16:17

    The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

  • Mark 9:25

    When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

  • Luke 4:35

    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

  • Psalms 50:16

    But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rebuked.
34; 3:11,12; 9:25; Ps 50:16; Lu 4:35,41; Ac 16:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 1:24

    Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  • Mark 1:25

    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

  • Mark 1:26

    And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

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Mark 1:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jesús le riñó, diciendo: Enmudece, y sal de él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus le tança, disant: Tais-toi, et sors de lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jesus bedrohte ihn und sprach: Verstumme und fahre aus von ihm!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et comminatus est ei Jesus, dicens: Obmutesce, et exi de homine.