Mark 1:26

Contemporary English Version

The spirit shook him. Then it gave a loud shout and left.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

King James Version (1611)
And when the vncleane spirit had torne him, and cried with a lowd voice, he came out of him.

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

English Standard Version
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

New American Standard Bible
After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.

New Century Version
The evil spirit shook the man violently, gave a loud cry, and then came out of him.

Amplified Bible
The unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions, and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.

Complete Jewish Bible
Throwing the man into a convulsion, it gave a loud shriek and came out of him.

Darby Translation
And the unclean spirit, having torn him, and uttered a cry with a loud voice, came out of him.

Easy-to-Read Version
The evil spirit made the man shake. Then the spirit made a loud noise and came out of him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the vncleane spirit tare him, & cried with a loude voyce, and came out of him.

George Lamsa Translation
And the unclean spirit threw him down, and cried out in a loud voice, and left him.

Good News Translation
The evil spirit shook the man hard, gave a loud scream, and came out of him.

Lexham English Bible
And after convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.

Literal Translation
And the unclean spirit convulsing him, and crying out with a loud voice, he came out of him.

American Standard Version
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

Bible in Basic English
And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

Hebrew Names Version
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And the impure spirit threw him down, and cried with a high voice, and went forth from him.

Murdock Translation
And the unclean spirit threw him down, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the vncleane spirite hadde torne hym, & cryed with a loude voyce, he came out of hym.

English Revised Version
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

World English Bible
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the unclean spirit having torn him, and cried with a loud noise, came out of him.

Weymouth's New Testament
So the foul spirit, after throwing the man into convulsions, came out of him with a loud cry.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the vnclene spirit debreidynge hym, and criynge with greet vois, wente out fro hym.

Update Bible Version
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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

New English Translation
After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

New King James Version
And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.

New Living Translation
At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him.

New Life Bible
The demon threw the man down and gave a loud cry. Then he came out of him.

New Revised Standard
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the impure spirit, tearing him, and calling out with a loud voice, came forth out of him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him.

Revised Standard Version
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ye vnclene spirite tare him and cryed with a loude voyce and came out of him.

Young's Literal Translation
and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the foule sprete tare him, and cried with a loude voyce, and departed out of him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and when the unclean spirit had thrown him into convulsions, with a loud cry, he came out of him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
That fellow fell down like he'd been hit with a whiskey bottle and the evil spirit that had a hold of the him yelped like a whipped pup as it came out of the man.

Contextual Overview

²³ Suddenly a man with an evil spirit in him entered the meeting place and yelled, ²⁴ "Jesus from Nazareth, what do you want with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One." ²⁵ Jesus told the evil spirit, "Be quiet and come out of the man!" ²⁶ The spirit shook him. Then it gave a loud shout and left. ²⁷ Everyone was completely surprised and kept saying to each other, "What is this? It must be some new kind of powerful teaching! Even the evil spirits obey him." ²⁸ News about Jesus quickly spread all over Galilee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

torn: Mark 9:20, Mark 9:26, Luke 9:39, Luke 9:42, Luke 11:22

Reciprocal: Psalms 44:4 - command Mark 5:2 - with Luke 4:35 - thrown Acts 16:18 - being

Cross-References

Genesis 1:2
The earth was barren, with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean covered with darkness. But the Spirit of God was moving over the water.

Genesis 1:4
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

Genesis 1:6

The Second Day

God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."

Genesis 1:8
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.

Genesis 1:9

The Third Day

God said, "I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground." And that's what happened.

Genesis 1:20

The Fifth Day

God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."

Genesis 1:24

The Sixth Day

God said, "I command the earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles." And that's what happened.

Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat.

Genesis 3:22
The Lord said, "These people now know the difference between right and wrong, just as we do. But they must not be allowed to eat fruit from the tree that lets them live forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the unclean spirit had torn him,.... Not that he had torn any limb from him, or had made any wound in any part of his body; for Luke says, Luke 4:35, that he "hurt him not", but he shook him; and as Luke there says, "threw him in the midst", of the people, or synagogue; and so the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read here, "he cast him", or "threw him to the ground": he threw him into convulsions, and laid him prostrate on the floor:

and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him; though sorely, against his will, as his loud cry showed, and being obliged to it by a superior power.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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” of the synagogue, yet we find him often availing himself of this privilege, and delivering his doctrines to the Jews.

Mark 1:22

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

Mark 1:23

A man with an unclean spirit - See Matthew 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.

Mark 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 Matthew 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 Matthew 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 Daniel 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.

Mark 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.

Mark 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.

Mark 1:27, Mark 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. And when the unclean spirit had torn him — And had thrown him down in the midst, Luke 4:35, και σπαραξαν, and convulsed him. Never was there a person possessed by an unclean spirit who did not suffer a convulsion, perhaps a total ruin of nature by it. Sins of uncleanness, as the apostle intimates, are against the body; they sap the foundation of life, so that there are very few of this class, whether male or female, that live out half their days: they generally die martyrs to their lusts. When the propensities of the flesh are most violent in a person who is determined to serve God, it is often a proof that these are the last efforts of the impure spirit, who has great rages because he knows his time is but short.