Mark 1:25 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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

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

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

Mark 1:26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

Mark 1:27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For 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 Ha What do we have to..." into verse 26's "The unclean spirit convulsing him and crying...", 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.