Mark 1:32

32 Now [when it]^[a] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing^[b] to him all those {who were sick}^[c] and those who were demon-possessed.

Mark 1:32 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:32

And at even, when the sun did set
At which time the Jews' sabbath was ended; (See Gill on Matthew 8:16), for this was a sabbath day, ( Mark 1:21 ) , when according to them, it was not lawful to heal; nor did they offer to bring their sick to him on that day; but the last of the two evening days being come, and the sun set, the sabbath was over; and therefore being under no restraint on account of that,

they brought unto him all that were diseased;
with any sort of disease whatever, even all that were in their city;

and them that were possessed with devils.
The Persic version renders it "epileptics", such as were troubled with the falling sickness, as many of those were, whose bodies the devils possessed.

Mark 1:32 In-Context

30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her.

31 And he came [and] raised her up [by] taking hold of her hand, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

32 Now [when it] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing to him all those {who were sick} and those who were demon-possessed.

33 And the whole town was gathered together at the door.

34 And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")
• [b]. The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began bringing")
• [c]. Literally "who were having badly"