Marco 1:23

23 Ora, nella lor sinagoga vi era un uomo posseduto da uno spirito immondo, il qual diede un grido,

Marco 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.

Marco 1:23 In-Context

21 ED entrarono in Capernaum, e subito, in giorno di sabato, egli entrò nella sinagoga, ed insegnava.

22 E gli uomini stupivano della sua dottrina, perciocchè egli li ammaestrava come avendo autorità, e non come gli Scribi.

23 Ora, nella lor sinagoga vi era un uomo posseduto da uno spirito immondo, il qual diede un grido,

24 dicendo: Ahi! che vi +e fra te e noi, o Gesù Nazareno? sei tu venuto per mandarci in perdizione? io so chi tu sei: il Santo di Dio.

25 Ma Gesù lo sgridò dicendo: Ammutolisci, ed esci fuori di lui.