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Book of Mark Chapter 1 - Read Chapter 1:27 - [In Context ]The people were amazed. They asked each other, "What is happening here? This man is teaching something new. And he teaches with authority (power)! He even gives commands to evil spirits, and the spirits obey him."
1:28 - [In Context ]So the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the area of Galilee.
1:29 - [In Context ]Jesus and the followers left the synagogue. F14 They all went with James and John to the home of Simon F15 and Andrew.
1:30 - [In Context ]Simon's mother-in-law was very sick. She was in bed and had fever. The people there told Jesus about her.
1:31 - [In Context ]So Jesus went to her bed. Jesus held her hand and helped her stand up. The fever left her, and she was healed. Then she began serving them.
1:32 - [In Context ]That night, after the sun went down, the people brought many sick people to Jesus. They also brought people that had demons F16 inside them.
1:33 - [In Context ]All the people in the town gathered at the door of that house.
1:34 - [In Context ]Jesus healed many people that had different kinds of sicknesses. Jesus also forced many demons to leave people. But Jesus would not allow the demons to speak, because the demons knew who he was. F17
1:35 - [In Context ]The next morning, Jesus woke up very early. Jesus left the house while it was still dark. He went to a place to be alone and pray.
1:36 - [In Context ]Later, Simon F18 and his friends went to look for Jesus.
1:37 - [In Context ]They found Jesus and said, "All the people are looking for you!"
1:38 - [In Context ]Jesus answered, "We should go to another place. We can go to other towns around here. Then I can tell people {God's message} in those places also. That is why I came."
FOOTNOTES: F14: synagogue(s) Synagogues were places where Jews gathered for prayer, study of the Scriptures, and other public meetings.
F15: Simon Simon's other name was Peter.
F16: demon(s) Demons are evil spirits from the devil.
F17: who he was The demons knew that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God.
F18: Simon Simon's other name was Peter.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening;
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