Gospel of Mark Chapter 1 Vs. 26

 Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit

Mark 1:26 “And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.”

This unclean spirit did not want to give up this body.

This unclean spirit tore him and cried with a loud voice, because the spirit was vacating a place, he thought he had secured.

Had torn (σπαράξαν)

Rev., tearing, convulsions in margin. Luke has had thrown him down in the midst. Mark adds the crying out with a loud voice.

The devil will not give up without a struggle but is subject to Jesus. Our Bible says resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

We are no match for the devil ourselves, but the name of Jesus and the blood of Jesus are more powerful than the devil. Just as in the verse above when the unclean spirit obeyed the command of Jesus, we can also, fight unclean spirits with the name of Jesus and the power of His blood.

But men also are wont to forget their wrongdoing when they come to suffer, and it is recorded that even Nero had abundance of compassion for himself. Weird also and terrible is it, that this unclean spirit should choose for his confession that pure and exquisite epithet, the Holy One of God.

Submitting to Jesus’ authority, the evil spirit convulsed (cf. Mark 9:26) the possessed man, and with a loud shriek, left him.

Jesus did not accept the demon’s defensive utterance (Mark 1:24) because doing so would have undermined His task of confronting and defeating Satan and his forces. His authority over evil spirits was evidence that God’s rule had come in Jesus (cf. Mark 1:15). This initial exorcism set the pattern for the sustained conflict Jesus had with demons - an important element in Mark’s account. (See the list of Jesus’ miracles at John 2:1-11.)