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MARK 1:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 1:31Mark 1:33
“And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.”
That evening after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed — the evening timing is significant: the Sabbath ended at sunset, and only then would Capernaum residents feel free to carry the sick (which might have been considered Sabbath labor). The day has been: synagogue service with exorcism, Simon's house with fever healing, and now — at the Sabbath's close — the whole city's sick gathered at the door. The two categories (sick and demon-possessed) reflect the two healings performed earlier in the day: physical and spiritual, fever and unclean spirit. The kingdom's arrival addresses both dimensions of human suffering simultaneously.

Church Fathers on Mark 1:32

Because the multitude thought that it was not lawful to heal on the sabbath day, they waited for the evening, to bring those who were to be healed to Jesus.

Theophylact · 11th century

For the devils knew that He was the Christ, who had been promised by the Law: for they saw in Him all the signs which had been foretold by the Prophets; but they were ignorant of His divinity, as also were 'their princes, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.' [1 Cor 2:8]

Pseudo-Augustine · 5th century · Quaest. e Vet. et Nov. Test. 16

For, Him whom the devil had known as a man, wearied by His forty days' fast, without being able by tempting Him to prove whether He was the Son of God, he now by the power of His miracles understood or rather suspected to be the Son of God. The reason therefore why he persuaded the Jews to crucify Him, was not because he did not think that He was the Son of God, but because he did not foresee that he himself was to be condemned by Christ’s death.

Bede · 8th century
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