The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
- BSB At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
- NKJV And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
- NASB After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
- NLT At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him.
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Quick answer
The unclean spirit convulses the man, shrieks, and comes out. Jesus' command is instantly and completely effective.
Overview
The violent departure shows the reality and reluctance of the evil power, yet it must yield to Jesus. The man is freed, foreshadowing the liberation Christ brings to those bound by sin and Satan. Mark stresses the totality of Jesus' authority over the demonic.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Mark 9:26Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
- Mark 9:20They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
- Luke 9:42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Luke 11:22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
- Luke 9:39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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