John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons." — Mark 1:32 (ASV)
And at even, when the sun did set
At which time the Jews' sabbath was ended; (See Gill on Matthew 8:16), for this was a sabbath day, (Mark 1:21) , when according to them, it was not lawful to heal; nor did they offer to bring their sick to him on that day; but the last of the two evening days being come, and the sun set, the sabbath was over; and therefore being under no restraint on account of that,
they brought unto him all that were diseased ;
with any sort of disease whatever, even all that were in their city;
and them that were possessed with devils .
The Persic version renders it "epileptics", such as were troubled with the falling sickness, as many of those were, whose bodies the devils possessed.