Mark 1

1:22  And they were astonished at his teaching¹: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes².

"Rabbi Zeira says, on the authority of Rabbi Jose bar Rabbi Chanina, and Rabbi Ba or Rabbi Chija on the authority of Rabbi Jochanan," etc.

Contrast this with the oft-repeated "I say to you" of Jesus. Forexample, Matthew 5:18,20,22,26,28,34.

1:23  And straightway there was in their synagogue¹ a man with an unclean spirit²; and he cried out³,

1:24  saying, What have we to do with thee¹, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us²? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God³.

1:25  And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him¹.

1:26  And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice¹, came out of him.

1:27  And they were all amazed¹, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits², and they obey him.

1:28  And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about¹.

1:29  And straightway, when they were come out of the synagogue¹, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew², with James and John.

1:30  Now Simon's wife's mother¹ lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:

1:31  and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up¹; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them².

1:32  And at even, when the sun did set¹, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons².

1:34  And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him¹.

1:35  And in the morning, a great while before day¹, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed³.

1:36  And Simon¹ and they that were with him² followed after him³;

1:37  and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee¹.

1:38  And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth¹.

1:39  And he went into their synagogues¹ throughout all Galilee², preaching and casting out demons³.

1:40  And there cometh to him a leper¹, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean³.

"skin was shining as covered with flakes of snow. And as the furfuraceous or bran-like, scales were daily rubbed off, the flesh appeared quick or raw underneath."

In addition to the scaly symptoms, the skin becomes hard and cracksopen, and from the cracks an ichorous humor oozes. The disease spreadsinwardly, and ends in consumption, dropsy, suffocation, and death.

1:41  And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him¹, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean².

1:42  And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean¹.

"Luke (Luke 5:13) says, "departed," giving the merely physical view of the event. Matthew (Matthew 8:3) says, "was cleansed", using ceremonial language. Mark combines the two forms."

1:43  And he strictly charged him¹, and straightway sent him out,

1:44  and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

See thou say nothing to any man|, etc. See Matthew 8:4.

1:45  But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter¹, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city,² but was without in desert places³: and they came to him from every quarter.