Mark 1:25

rebuked him Though he had borne testimony to Christ, yet his testimony is not accepted, for it was probably intended only to do harm, "to anticipate and mar His great purpose and plan." Compare the conduct of St Paul in reference to the girl possessed with the spirit of Apollo (Acts 16:16-18).

Hold thy peace lit. Be muzzled. The same word is used by our Lord in rebuking the storm on the Lake, "Peace, be still" (Mark 4:39). Wyclif translates it "wexe doumbe." The word means (1) "to close the mouth with a muzzle, comp. 1 Corinthians 9:9, "Thou shalt not muzzle the mouthof the ox that treadeth out the corn," cited here and in 1 Timothy 5:18 from Deuteronomy 25:4; (2) to reduce to silence, as in Matthew 22:34, "But when the Pharisees had heard that He had putthe Sadducees to silence," and 1 Peter 2:15, "so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silencethe ignorance of foolish men." It is also used in reference to the man who had not on the wedding garment, "he was speechless" (Matthew 22:12).