Mark 1:24
in Mark 1“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!”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Mark 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd through the Word Himself who had been made visible and palpable, was the Father shown forth, although all did not equally believe in Him; but all saw the Father in the Son: for the Father is the invisible of the Son, but the Son the visible of the Father. And for this reason all spake with Christ when He was present [upon earth], and they named Him God. Yea, even the demons exclaimed, on beholding the Son: "We know Thee who Thou art, the Holy One of God."
This site's exposition
there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit
on Mark 1:23-26
The unclean spirit names Jesus precisely, Jesus of Nazareth and the Holy One of God, correct theology from a source Mark never lets testify unchallenged, and Jesus silences it at once, hold thy peace. The rebuke word used here is the same used later for the storm at 4:39, binding this exorcism to the sea-calming as two displays of the identical authority over chaos. The demon's exit is violent, torn and crying with a loud voice, and the bench reads the silencing command as the first instance of the messianic secret, a pattern recurring at 1:34, 1:44, and 3:12, holding the confession true while controlling when and how it is announced.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
on Mark 1:23-24
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, etc. This is not a confession of the will, which follows the reward of confessing, but an extortion of necessity, which compels the guilty to confess. And just as if runaway slaves, after …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Saying, let us alone, &c. Meaning with himself, the rest of the unclean spirits, that had possessed the bodies of men in Galilee, and in all Judea; knowing that Christ had power to dislodge them, and fearing he would, entreats him he would let them alone, quietly to dwell in their beloved habitations: what have we to do with thee?
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
What have we to do with thee - Or, What is it to us and to thee? or, What business hast thou with us? That this is the meaning of the original, τι ἡμιν και σοι, Kypke has sufficiently shown. There is a phrase exactly like it in 2Sa 16:10. What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? מה לי ולכם בני צרויה ma li v'lacem beney Tseruiah, What business have ye with me, or, Why do ye trouble me, ye sons of Tseruiah?
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
on Mark 1:21-34
These verses begin the long list of miracles which Mark's Gospel contains. They tell us how our Lord cast out devils in Capernaum, and healed Peter's wife's mother of a fever. We learn, in the first place, from these verses, the uselessness of a mere intellectual knowledge of religion . Twice we are specially told that the unclean spirits know our Lord. In one place it says, "they knew Him." to another, the devil cries out, "I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But a Wiser than either was here, who invariably rejected and silenced the testimonies that came to Him from beneath, and thus was able to rebut the imputations of His enemies against Him (Mt 12:24-30). The expression, "Holy One of God," seems evidently taken from that Messianic Psalm (Ps 16:10), in which He is styled "Thine Holy One."
The words behind it
18 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| λέγων· | legon | saying; | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| τί | ti | What | G5101 → | 563 times |
| ἡμῖν | hemin | to us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| σοί, | soi | to You, | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| Ναζαρηνέ; | nazarene | of Nazareth? | G3479 → | 6 times |
| ἦλθες | elthes | Did You come | G2064 → | 628 times |
| ἀπολέσαι | apolesai | to destroy | G622 → | 90 times |
| ἡμᾶς; | hemas | us? | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| οἶδά | oida | I know | ||
| σε | se | You | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| τίς | tis | who | G5101 → | 563 times |
| εἶ, | ei | are, | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἅγιος | hagios | Holy [One] | G40 → | 220 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεοῦ. | theou | of God! | G2316 → | 1312 times |
λέγων·saying;
legonG3004 →1325 times
τίWhat
tiG5101 →563 times
ἡμῖνto us
heminG3165 →1936 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
σοί,to You,
soiG4771 →2973 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
Ναζαρηνέ;of Nazareth?
nazareneG3479 →6 times
ἦλθεςDid You come
elthesG2064 →628 times
ἀπολέσαιto destroy
apolesaiG622 →90 times
ἡμᾶς;us?
hemasG3165 →1936 times
οἶδάI know
oida
σεYou
seG4771 →2973 times
τίςwho
tisG5101 →563 times
εἶ,are,
eiG1510 →2333 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἅγιοςHoly [One]
hagiosG40 →220 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
θεοῦ.of God!
theouG2316 →1312 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 2:19You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
it leads to
- 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!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 16:17
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
- Luke 4:34
Through
Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 22:22
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
- Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
- Revelation 1:18
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Job 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- Isaiah 22:22
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?”
it leads to
- James 2:19
You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- James 2:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book IV; J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).