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Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
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The Power to Muzzle Evil
Commentators emphasize that Jesus's command, "Hold thy peace," is incredibly forceful. The original Greek translates to "Be muzzled" or "be gagged." This wasn't a simple request for quiet; it was a direct, authoritative command demonstrating Jesus's absolute power over demonic forces, using only His word without any need for rituals or formulas.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And Jesus rebuked him. He chided him, or commanded him with a threat, to be still. This was not the man he rebuked, but the s…
Hold thy peace (φιμωθητ). First aorist passive imperative of φιμοω. "Be quiet," Moffatt translates it. But it is a more vigorous w…
19th Century
Anglican
Hold your peace.—Literally, be still, be gagged. The same verb is used in the calming of the winds and w…
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Baptist
What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus reb…
Jesus needed no magical formulas to exorcise the demon. He addressed it directly and ordered it, “Be quiet!” With this word of power the evil spiri…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus rebuked him Checking his insolence, despising his flattery, and refusing to receive a testimony from him; …
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The devil is an unclean spirit because he has lost all the purity of his nature, because he acts in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit of God, an…
