Focused Passage

Mark 1:21-28

The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority

Mark opens with prophetic preparation, divine identification, wilderness testing, kingdom proclamation, disciple calling, authoritative teaching, demonic defeat, compassionate healing, prayerful mission, and cleansing mercy that spreads Jesus' fame.

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21Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

22The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

23Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:

24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

25But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

26At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.

27All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

28And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.

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Verse 21

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ThenΚαὶG2532Conjunction[Jesus and His companions] wentεἰσπορεύονταιG1531Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositionCapernaumΚαφαρναούμG2584Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionright awayεὐθὺςG2112Adverb[Jesus] enteredεἰσελθὼνG1525Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .εἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularsynagogueσυναγωγὴνG4864Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularon theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralSabbathσάββασινG4521Noun - Dative Neuter Plural[and] began to teachἐδίδασκενG1321Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 22

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-καὶG2532Conjunction[The people] were astonishedἐξεπλήσσοντοG1605Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person PluralatἐπὶG1909PrepositionHisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularteachingδιδαχῇG1322Noun - Dative Feminine SingularbecauseγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHe taughtδιδάσκωνG1321Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-αὐτοὺςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralasὡςG5613Adverbone who hadἔχωνG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularauthorityἐξουσίανG1849Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionnotοὐχG3756AdverbasὡςG5613AdverbtheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralscribesγραμματεῖςG1122Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 23

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-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionSuddenlyεὐθὺςG2112Adverb-ἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwithἐνG1722Prepositionan uncleanἀκαθάρτῳG169Adjective - Dative Neuter SingularspiritπνεύματιG4151Noun - Dative Neuter Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctioncried outἀνέκραξενG349Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularinἐνG1722Preposition-αὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person PluraltheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularsynagogueσυναγωγῇG4864Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 24

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-λέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularWhatΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singulardo You [ want ]σοίG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionwith usἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person PluralJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Vocative Masculine Singularof NazarethΝαζαρηνέG3479Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularHave You comeἦλθεςG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singularto destroyἀπολέσαιG622Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person PluralI knowοἶδάG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularwhoτίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularYouσεG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person SingularareεἶG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularHoly [One]ἍγιοςG40Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 25

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ButΚαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularrebukedἐπετίμησενG2008Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the spirit]αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularBe silentΦιμώθητιG5392Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person SingularHe saidλέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionComeἔξελθεG1831Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularout ofἐξG1537PrepositionhimαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 26

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At thisκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularuncleanἀκάθαρτονG169Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularspiritπνεῦμαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularthrew [the man] into convulsionsσπαράξανG4682Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Singular. . .αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[and] cameἐξῆλθενG1831Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularoutἐξG1537Preposition-αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionvvvφωνῆσανG5455Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Singularwith a loud shriekφωνῇG5456Noun - Dative Feminine Singular. . .μεγάλῃG3173Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 27

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-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionAll [the people]ἅπαντεςG537Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralwere amazedἐθαμβήθησανG2284Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural[and]ὥστεG5620Conjunctionbegan to askσυζητεῖνG4802Verb - Present Infinitive ActivevvvπρὸςG4314Prepositionone anotherἑαυτοὺςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural-λέγονταςG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine PluralWhatΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularthisτοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter SingularA newκαινήG2537Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularteachingδιδαχὴG1322Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularwithκατ’G2596PrepositionauthorityἐξουσίανG1849Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularHe commandsἐπιτάσσειG2004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularevenκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter Plural-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluraluncleanἀκαθάρτοιςG169Adjective - Dative Neuter PluralspiritsπνεύμασιG4151Noun - Dative Neuter PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionthey obeyὑπακούουσινG5219Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 28

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AndκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularnewsἀκοὴG189Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularabout [Jesus]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularspreadἐξῆλθενG1831Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularquicklyεὐθὺςG2112AdverbthroughπανταχοῦG3837Adverb. . .εἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularwholeὅληνG3650Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularregionπερίχωρονG4066Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularof GalileeΓαλιλαίαςG1056Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

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