Mark 3:11

11 Evil spirits, when they recognized him, fell down and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"

Mark 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:11

And unclean spirits, when they saw him
That is, as the Syriac and Arabic versions read, "they who had unclean spirits": or, as the Ethiopic, "they that were possessed with unclean spirits"; as soon as ever they beheld Christ, though they had never seen him before, and he was an entire stranger to them, yet

fell down before him:
the unclean spirits being said to do that, which they that were possessed with them did; and which, notwithstanding their possession of them, they could not prevent, but were obliged to admit of it, as a token of their subjection to Christ:

and
even the devils themselves in the men,

cried, saying, thou art the Son of God;
a divine person, equal with God; and such his power over them, and his healing all manner of diseases, by a word, or touch, showed him to be.

Mark 3:11 In-Context

9 He told his disciples to get a boat ready so he wouldn't be trampled by the crowd.

10 He had healed many people, and now everyone who had something wrong was pushing and shoving to get near and touch him.

11 Evil spirits, when they recognized him, fell down and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"

12 But Jesus would have none of it. He shut them up, forbidding them to identify him in public.

13 He climbed a mountain and invited those he wanted with him. They climbed together.