Mark 1:24 (WEB)
saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”
Catechism · 1
“His works and words will manifest him as "the Holy One of God".” — Catechism footnote: Mk 1:24; Jn 6:69; Acts 3:14.
Fathers and councils · 24
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Yea, even the demons exclaimed, on beholding the Son: “We know Thee who Thou art, the Holy One of God.”” — editor's note: Mark i. 24.
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Tertullian
“This, accordingly, the devils also acknowledge Him to be: “we know Thee, who Thou art, the Holy Son of God.”” — editor's note: Mark i. 24; Matt. viii. 29.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Jordan is His witness among rivers; the sea of Tiberias among seas: blind and lame bear witness, and dead men raised to life, and devils saying, What have we to do with Thee, Jesus? we know Thee, who Thou art, the Holy One of God.” — editor's note: Mark i. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“In these things, moreover, Luke is in accord with him.” — editor's note: Matt. iv. 13, vii. 29; Mark i. 16–31; Luke iv. 31–39.
Read the whole comment“Art thou come to destroy us?” and so on, down to the passage where we read, “And He preached in the synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.”” — editor's note: Mark i. 22–39.
Read the whole comment“What more could the devils believe, than that they should say, “We know who thou art, the Son of God?”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 29; Mark i. 24.
Read the whole comment““We know Thee who Thou art, the Son of God.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 29; Mark i. 24.
Read the whole comment“Art Thou come to destroy us before the time?”” — editor's note: Mark i. 24.
Read the whole comment“Accordingly it was from believing, but not from loving, they said, “What have we to do with Thee?”” — editor's note: Mark i. 24.
Read the whole comment“We know who Thou art; the Holy One of God.”” — editor's note: Mark i. 24.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The devil said, as we find it written: “I know Thee Who Thou art, Thou art the Son of the living God.”” — editor's note: S. Mark i. 24.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
Since by the envy of the devil death first entered into the world, it was right that the medicine of healing should first work against the author of death; and therefore it is said, “And there was in their synagogue…
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The word, Spirit, is applied to an Angel, the air, the soul, and even the Holy Ghost. Lest therefore by the sameness of the name we should fall into error, he adds, “unclean.” And he is called unclean on account of…
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Moreover, how great is the power which the lowliness of God, appearing in the form of a servant, has over the pride of devils, the devils themselves know so well, that they express it to the same Lord clothed in the…
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For the devils, seeing the Lord on the earth, thought that they were immediately to be judged.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
Or else the devil so speaks, as if he said, ‘by taking away uncleanness, and giving to the souls of men divine knowledge, Thou allowest us no place in men.’
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
For to come out of man the devil considers as his own perdition; for devils are ruthless, thinking that they suffer some evil, so long as they are not troubling men. There follows, “I know that Thou art the Holy One…
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As if he said, Methinks that Thou art come; for he had not a firm and certain knowledge of the coming of God. But he calls Him “holy” not as one of many, for every prophet was also holy, but he proclaims that the was…
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For He was known to them in that degree in which He wished to be known; and He wished as much as was fitting. He was not known to them as to the holy Angels, who enjoy Him by partaking of His eternity according as He…
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Further, the Truth did not wish to have the witness of unclean spirits. Wherefore there follows, “And Jesus threatened him, saying, &c.” Whence a healthful precept is given to us; let us not believe devils, howsoever…
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That they might know, when they saw it, from how great an evil the man was freed, and on account of the miracle might believe.
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But it may appear to be a discrepancy, that he should have gone out of him, tearing him, or, as some copies have it, vexing him, when, according to Luke, he did not hurt him. But Luke himself says, “When He had cast…
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For those things which men wonder at they soon divulge, for “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” [Matt. 12:34]
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Moreover, Capernaum is mystically interpreted the town of consolation, and the sabbath as rest. The man with an evil spirit is healed by rest and consolation, that the place and time may agree with his healing. This…
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Mark 1:24 and Luke 4:34 share the same wording (20 words).
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Cited together in Catechism §438.
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Cited together in Against Heresies IV.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.6.
Cited together in Catechism §438.
Cited together in Catechism §438.
Cited together in Catechism §438.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.6 and 1 other place.
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Cited together in Against Heresies IV.6.