Mark 1:42 (YLT)

Passage

and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:40 and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him--`If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.'

Mark 1:41 And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;'

Mark 1:42 and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

Mark 1:43 And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth,

Mark 1:44 and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "spoken", "immediately", "leprosy", "went", "away", and "cleansed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "spoken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "And Jesus having been moved with compassion..." into verse 43's "And having sternly charged him immediately he...", so "having" and "spoken" 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 "spoken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.