Mark 1:42 (DBY)

Passage

And as he spoke straightway the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:40 And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.

Mark 1:41 But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.

Mark 1:42 And as he spoke straightway the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

Mark 1:43 And having sharply charged him, he straightway sent him away,

Mark 1:44 and says to him, See thou say nothing to any one, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "spoke", "straightway", "leprosy", "left", and "cleansed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "spoke" and "straightway", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "But Jesus moved with compassion having stretched..." into verse 43's "And having sharply charged him he straightway...", so "spoke" and "straightway" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "spoke" and "straightway" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.