Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:
As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan, and cure sick souls. In these verses, we have, I. Christ's casting the devil out of a man that was possessed, in the synagogue at Capernaum.
Commenting on Mark 1:23-28
And there was in their synagogue,.... In the synagogue of the Capernaites, at the same time that Jesus was teaching there, a man with an unclean spirit: not with an unclean heart, for there were doubtless many such there, but that had a devil; for in Luk 4:33, it is said, "he had a spirit of an unclean devil": so called, because he is impure...
Verse 23. A man with an unclean spirit. See . It is probable that this man had lucid intervals, or he would not have been admitted into the synagogue. While there, one of his fits came on, and he suddenly cried out. (v) "And there was" .