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Mark 9:25
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses an unclean spirit possessing a boy immediately after the father’s plea and as a crowd runs together. He speaks directly to the spirit while standing before the gathered onlookers.
The words — The Greek verb ἐπετὶμησεν (epetimēsen) literally means "He rebuked" or "He commanded with authority," marking Jesus’s direct confrontation with the spirit. The participle Ἰδὼν (Idōn) translates to "Having seen," indicating Jesus’s immediate perception of the approaching crowd.
The thread — Jesus’s authoritative command echoes Paul’s exorcism in Acts 16:18 and parallels the demon’s removal in Matthew 17:18. The healing of sensory impairment anticipates the prophetic promise in Isaiah 35:5 regarding opened eyes and unstopped ears.
Why it lands — The text requires recognition that spiritual authority overrides physical and demonic oppression through direct divine command. Readers must acknowledge that faith operates within the context of Jesus’s sovereign intervention rather than human effort.
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The Greek words
King James Version
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Cross-references
- Acts 16:18 She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
- Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Matthew 17:18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
- Mark 9:15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.
- Luke 9:42 Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Mark 1:25 But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
- 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 4:35 But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
- 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.
- Luke 8:29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.