Mark Chapter 1 verse 23 Holy Bible
And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,
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And there was in their synagogue a man [possessed] by an unclean spirit, and he cried out
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And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - And straightway there was in their synagogne a man with an unclean spirit. According to the best authorities, the sentence in the Greek runs thus, Καὶ εὐθὺς η΅ν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ αὐτῶν· And straightway there was in their synagogue, etc. This word "straightway" adds much force to the sentence. It marks the immediate effect of our Lord's preaching. A man with an unclean spirit. The words are literally, "a man in an unclean spirit" (ἐν πνεύματι ἀκάθαρτῳ); in his grasp, so to speak; possessed by him. There can be no reasonable doubt as to the personality of this unclean spirit (see Mark 4:24; Mark 12:41). The man was so absolutely in the power of this evil spirit that he seemed to dwell in him; just as the world is said by St. John (1 John 5:19) to lie "in the evil one" (ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ). And he cried out. Who cried out? Surely the unclean spirit, using the possessed man as his instrument. In the case of a true prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, he is permitted to use his own gifts, his reason, and even his own particular manner of speech; whereas here a false and lying spirit usurps the organs of speech, and makes them his own.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) An unclean spirit.--The phrase occurs in all the first three Gospels (not in St. John's), but with special frequency in this. As in most Eastern cities, in both ancient and modern times, madness had an immunity from restraint, and the demoniacs seem to have mingled, if they chose, with the crowd of worshippers in the synagogue.
