Mark 1:43 (DBY)

Passage

And having sharply charged him, he straightway sent him away,

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 1:45 But he, having gone forth, began to proclaim [it] much, and to spread the matter abroad, so that he could no longer enter openly into the city, but was without in desert places, and they came to him from every side.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "sharply", "charged", "straightway", "sent", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "sharply", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 42's "And as he spoke straightway the leprosy..." into verse 44's "and says to him See thou say...", so "having" and "sharply" 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 "having" and "sharply" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.