Mark 1:44

44 and said to him, ¹“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, ²show yourself to the priest and ³offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, ⁴for a proof to them. ”

Mark 1:44 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:44

And saith unto him, see thou say nothing to any man
By the way, till he came to the priest;

but go thy way, show thyself to the priest:
the Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests"; and the Vulgate Latin renders it, "to the chief priest"; but any priest might judge of the cleansing of a leper;

and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a
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Mark 1:44 In-Context

42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once,

44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them. ”

45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

Cross References

• 1. 1:44 ver. 34; ch. 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; Matt. 9:30; 17:9; See Matt. 12:16
• 2. 1:44 Luke 17:14
• 3. 1:44 Lev. 14:2-32
• 4. 1:44 ch. 6:11; Luke 9:5; James 5:3