Mark 1:43. Solemnly charged him. This implies strong emotion. Our Lord perceived the man's disobedient spirit.

Straightway sent him away. Not out of the house, for there is no evidence that the miracle was performed in a house. Possibly out of the city into which the leper had come (Luke 4:12); but away from Himself, for despite our Lord's compassion, feelings of grief seem to have been awakened by the man.

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