Mark 1:43 (YLT)

Passage

And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth,

Nearby Context

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.'

Mark 1:45 And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 42's "and he having spoken immediately the leprosy..." into verse 44's "and saith to him See thou mayest...", so "having" and "sternly" 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 "sternly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.