Mark 1:24

22 ^aAnd they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an ^aunclean spirit. And he cried out,

24 saying, “Let us alone! ^aWhat have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I ^bknow who You are—the ^cHoly One of God!”

25 But Jesus ^arebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

26 And when the unclean spirit ^ahad convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.

27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying,¹ “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

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The great archangel who later became Satan and his legions of angels were once clean spirits until they rebelled against the Most High God. In the ages before human history, they dwelled in the preincarnate Christ's presence, and thus they are very aware of His attributes. Thus, the demon in the synagogue does not hesitate to acknowledge "the Holy One of God."

Jesus does not let it speak of Him because He would not receive testimony from such a lying, diabolical source. For the same reason, Paul refuses the public witness of a fortune-telling spirit in Philippi (Acts 16:16-18). There can be no association between Christ and Satan. Jesus does not even carry on conversations with demons, but He commands and instructs them by the power and authority of His heavenly Father (Matthew 8:31-32; Mark 1:34).

Martin G. Collins
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Exorcism in the Synagogue

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