Mark 3:11 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 3:11

And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

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ASV

And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

KJV

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) Both therefore fell down before the Lord, those who had the plagues of bodily diseases, and those who were vexed by unclean spirits. The sick did this simply with the intention of obtaining health, but the demoniacs, or rather the devils within them, because under the mastery of a fear of God they were compelled not only to fall down before Him, but also to praise His majesty; wherefore it goes on, And they cried out, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Unclean spirits - Persons who were possessed of evil spirits. Thou art the Son of God - The Son of God, by way of eminence. In this place it is equivalent to the Messiah, who was, among the Jews, called the Son of God. Hence, they were charged not to make him known, because he was not desirous that it should be blazoned abroad that he claimed to be the Messiah.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses show us our Lord again working a miracle. He heals a man in the synagogue, "who had a withered hand." Always about His Father's business — always doing good — doing it in the sight of enemies as well as of friends — such was the daily tenor of our Lord's earthly ministry. And He "left us an example that we should follow His steps." (1 Peter 2:21.) Blessed indeed are those Christians who strive, however feebly, to imitate their Master! Let us observe in these verses, how our Lord Jesus Christ was watched by His enemies .

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πνεύματα	pneumata	spirits	G4151 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ἀκάθαρτα,	akatharta	unclean,	G169 →
ὅταν	hotan	whenever	G3752 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐθεώρουν,	etheōroun	they were seeing	G2334 →
προσέπιπτον	prosepipton	they were falling down	G4363 →
αὐτῷ	autō	before Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔκραζον	ekrazon	they were crying out	G2896 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
σὺ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
εἶ	ei	are	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱὸς	huios	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 8:29
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
leads to
- James 2:19
  You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Mark 1:24
  “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 4:34
  “Ha! 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!”
- Mark 5:7
  And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- Luke 8:28
  When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You…
Through
Luke 4:41
Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
leads to
- Mark 1:34
  And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Through
Matthew 4:3
The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5
  For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in…
- Genesis 3:1–5
  Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Mark