9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked 2 the unclean spirit, 3 saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
1 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).
3 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.