Marcos 1:23

23 De pronto, un hombre en la sinagoga, que estaba poseído por un espíritu maligno,
comenzó a gritar:

Marcos 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:23

And there was in their synagogue
In the synagogue of the Capernaites, at the same time that Jesus was teaching there,

a man with an unclean spirit:
not with an unclean heart, for there were doubtless many such there, but that had a devil; for in ( Luke 4:33 ) , it is said, "he had a spirit of an unclean devil": so called, because he is impure in himself, and the cause of uncleanness in men, in which he delights: and such spirits sometimes are where religious persons meet, but with no good design; either to disturb the preacher, or to divert the hearer, that the word may be unfruitful and unprofitable:

and he cried out:
either the man, or rather the unclean spirit in him, who had possessed his body, and made use of the organs of it: he cried out through dread of the majesty of Christ, whose presence he could not bear; and through grief and envy at the success of his ministration, and the influence it had upon the minds of men; and through fear of being dispossessed of the man, in whom he was.

Marcos 1:23 In-Context

21 Jesús expulsa a un espíritu maligno
Jesús y sus compañeros fueron al pueblo de Capernaúm. Cuando llegó el día de descanso, Jesús entró en la sinagoga y comenzó a enseñar.

22 La gente quedó asombrada de su enseñanza, porque lo hacía con verdadera autoridad, algo completamente diferente de lo que hacían los maestros de la ley religiosa.

23 De pronto, un hombre en la sinagoga, que estaba poseído por un espíritu maligno,
comenzó a gritar:

24 «¿Por qué te entrometes con nosotros, Jesús de Nazaret? ¿Has venido a destruirnos? ¡Yo sé quién eres: el Santo de Dios!».

25 —lo interrumpió Jesús y le ordenó—: