<p>1:34 <em>And he healed many that were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons</em>- The Greek for &quot;healed&quot; is defined by some as meaning &quot;to wait upon menially&quot;. The Lord performed His healings in a spirit of humble service. Another form of the word is found in Heb. 3:5, where Moses is described as a &quot;servant&quot;. This is a far cry from the arrogance and self-glory of faith healers today. All that we do for others is to be done in a spirit of menial service; and this means that when they are deeply thankful to us, we will not in any sense be proud. It's just part of what we are called to do on the Lord's behalf, as His servants, doing His work in His power. To the glory of God. The &quot;various diseases&quot; demonstrated His wide ranging power; for healers tended to specialize in specific diseases, claiming power over particular supposed demons. But the Lord could heal all kinds of diseases.</p><p><em>And he did not permit the demons to speak</em>- The same word translated &quot;send forth&quot;. The idea could simply be that the Lord didn't send out these converts as 'sent forth' missionary apostles. &quot;The demons&quot; are put for the supposedly 'demon possessed' people. The focus is ultimately upon the person and not upon whatever was thought to be possessing them. Note how it was the Egyptian people who were judged (Gen. 15:14); their idols (&ldquo;gods&rdquo;) are used by metonymy to stand for those who believed in them. Likewise &ldquo;demons&rdquo; is sometimes put by metonymy for those who believed in them.</p><p><em>Because they knew Him- </em>It was the mentally sick who were the main group to 'know him to be the Christ' (Mk. 1:34 RVmg.). And it was a woman, and one with a history of mental illness, who was chosen as the first and leading witness of His resurrection. And women had no legal power as witnesses. The Greek here can be translated to the effect that the Lord did not allow them to preach, which they wanted to do because they knew / recognized Him. In this case, knowing Him naturally leads to a desire to witness to Him. It's the kind of knowledge which cannot be merely theoretical. The Lord had to command those who knew Him not to speak out that knowledge (Mk. 1:34 cp. 44)- because people knew Him, they quite naturally wanted to preach it. One cannot truly know the Lord and not tell others of Him. This is the power of true knowledge, believed as it should be believed. But at this stage the Lord did not wish for yet further mass publicity. His focus was upon training the twelve and others who wished to understand His teachings. The miracles were it seems largely done when people came to the Lord for them, or when in the course of His preaching work, He encountered need such as the hungry crowds who had listened to Him and were starving, even fainting, from lack of food.</p>