Mark 1:24
“What do you want with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
23Now there was in their synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out,
25But Jesus rebuked the spirit, “Be silent! Come out from him.”
Cross References
Psalms 89:18For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.
Matthew 2:23There he settled in the town of Nazareth, in fulfillment of these words in the prophets – ‘He will be called a Nazarene.’
Mark 5:7shrieking out in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God’s sake do not torment me!”
Luke 4:34“Stop! 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!”
Luke 8:37Then all the people in the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, for they were terrified. Jesus got into a boat and returned.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:24-29
The Expulsion of Evil Spirits. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 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. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying,… Read the whole commentary →