Mark 1:24 (KJV)

Passage

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

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

Mark 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Mark 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And there was in their synagogue a..." into verse 25's "And Jesus rebuked him saying Hold thy...", so "saying" and "alone" 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 "saying" and "alone" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.