John Gill Commentary Mark 1:25

"And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him." — Mark 1:25 (ASV)

And Jesus rebuked him
Checking his insolence, despising his flattery, and refusing to receive a testimony from him; and which he wanted not, lest it should be thought he had a familiarity and confederacy with him:

saying, hold your peace ;
stop your mouth, I need no such witness as yours, nor your praises; I am not to be soothed by your flattery, nor is my mouth to be stopped, or power restrained, by such methods: wherefore he adds,

and come out of him :
I will not let you alone, your encomiums of me shall not prevail upon me to leave you in the quiet possession of the man; I will give a testimony of who I am, by the dispossessing of you out of this man.

In imitation of this authoritative power of Christ, the Jewish exorcists, in their pretensions to cast out devils, use a like form: so they tell us ^F17 , that R. Simeon ben Jochai, cast a devil out of Caesar's daughter, saying, "Ben Talmion" (which was the name of the devil) (au) , "come out, Ben Talmion come out"; and he came out of her; (See Gill on Matthew 12:27).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: T. Bab. Meilab, fol. 17. 2.