Mark 1:43
in Mark 1Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out,
KJV
And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
⋯
This verse in Mark 1
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd from this we are also taught not to make a show of ourselves when we do good to someone, for behold, Jesus Himself commands the one who was cleansed not to spread word about Him. Although He knew that the man would not listen …
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Hom. 25) As if He said, It is not yet time that My works should be preached, I require not thy preaching. By which He teaches us not to seek worldly honour as a reward for our works. It goes on: But go thy way, show thyself to the chief of the priests. Our Saviour sent him to the priest for the trial of his cure, and that he might not be cast out of the temple, but still be numbered with the people in prayer. He sends him also, that he might fulfil all the parts of the Law, in order to stop the evil-speaking tongue of the Jews. He Himself indeed completed the work, leaving them to try it.
" 'If you are willing, you can cleanse me.' So he stretched out his hand." In this stretching out of his hand he seemed to be abrogating the law. For [it is written] in the law that whoever approaches a leper becomes impure.… He showed …
The Medieval Church1 voice
And he immediately threatened him and cast him out, etc. Why is it commanded to tell no one, except to indicate that our benefits are not to be publicized, but kept hidden, so that we refrain not only from the reward of money but also …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he straitly charged him;.... Either with the sin which had been the cause of this leprosy, and to take care that he sinned that sin no more, lest a worse evil should befall him; for sin was usually the cause of leprosy, as the cases of Miriam, Gehazi, and Uzziah show. It is said to come upon men for seven things.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. What the New Testament is--the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God,
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
We read in these verses how our Lord Jesus Christ healed a leper. Of all our Lord's miracles of healing none were probably more marvelous than those performed on leprous people. Two cases only have been fully described in the Gospel history. Of these two, the case before us is one. Let us try to realize, in the first place, the dreadful nature of the disease which Jesus cured . Leprosy is a complaint of which we know little or nothing in our northern climate. In Bible lands it is far more common.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
We read in these verses how our Lord Jesus Christ healed a leper. Of all our Lord's miracles of healing none were probably more marvelous than those performed on leprous people. Two cases only have been fully described in the Gospel history. Of these two, the case before us is one. Let us try to realize, in the first place, the dreadful nature of the disease which Jesus cured . Leprosy is a complaint of which we know little or nothing in our northern climate. In Bible lands it is far more common. It is a disease which is utterly incurable . It is no mere skin disorder, as some ignorantly suppose. It is a radical disease of the whole man. It attacks, not merely the skin, but the blood, the flesh, and the bones, until the unhappy patient begins to lose his extremities, and to rot by inches. Let us remember beside this, that, among the Jews, the leper was reckoned unclean, and was cut off from the congregation of Israel and the ordinances of religion. He was obliged to dwell in a separate house. None might touch him or minister to him. Let us remember all this, and then we may have some idea of the remarkable wretchedness of a leprous person. To use the words of Aaron, when he interceded for Miriam, he was "as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed." (Numbers 12:12.) But is there nothing like leprosy among ourselves? Yes! indeed there is. There is a foul soul-disease which is ingrained into our very nature, and cleaves to our bones and marrow with deadly force. That disease is the plague of sin. Like leprosy, it is a deep-seated disease infecting every part of our nature, heart, will, conscience, understanding, memory, and affections. Like leprosy, it makes us loathsome and abominable, unfit for the company of God, and unfit for the glory of heaven.
Straitly charged - See the reason for this, Mat 8:4 (note). This verse is wanting in two copies of the Itala.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐμβριμησάμενος | embrimesamenos | having sternly warned | G1690 → | |
| αὐτῷ | auto | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εὐθὺς | euthus | immediately | G2112 → | 87 times |
| ἐξέβαλεν | exebalen | He sent away | G1544 → | 79 times |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐμβριμησάμενοςhaving sternly warned
embrimesamenosG1690 →
αὐτῷhim
autoG846 →5565 times
εὐθὺςimmediately
euthusG2112 →87 times
ἐξέβαλενHe sent away
exebalenG1544 →79 times
αὐτὸνhim
autonG846 →5565 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
Mark 7:36Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
it leads to
- Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
Reached by 5 separate paths from here.
- Mark 3:12
But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 8:4
Through
Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
it leads to
- Luke 5:14
“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 5:43
Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 5:14
Through
Mark 5:43Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
it leads to
- Matthew 9:30
And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 9:30
Through
Mark 3:12But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
it leads to
- Matthew 12:16
warning them not to make Him known.
- 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.
- Mark 1:25
But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
- Matthew 12:16
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies22
Show the next 6 titles
About Mark
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Chrysostom, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.