Mark 1:25 (LSB)

Passage

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Nearby Context

Mark 1:23 And immediately there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

Mark 1:24 saying, “What do we have to do with You, Jesus the Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Mark 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

Mark 1:26 And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, so that they were arguing among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "rebuked", "saying", "quiet", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "rebuked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "saying What do we have to do..." into verse 26's "And throwing him into convulsions the unclean...", so "jesus" and "rebuked" 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 "jesus" and "rebuked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.