Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 1:23:
- Uma: «At that time, there was a person who was possessed [lit., ridden] by an evil spirit, he also entered into that prayer house, and he shouted:» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: «So-then a person/man entered the prayer-house who was demon possessed.» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: «And while Jesus was still teaching, suddenly there came into the church a man afflicted by a demon.» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: «There was a man there whom an evil-spirit had possessed (lit. fastened/adhered-to, same in all references).» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: «Suddenly/unexpectedly there was a person who was possessed by an evil spirit who shouted out in that worship-place.» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Shipibo-Conibo: «Just then too a certain man was in their small house to praise God in, a ruinous demon possessor. Thereupon he screamed. (Source: James Lauriault in The Bible Translator 1951, p. 32ff. )
- Balinese: «At that time there was in the place of worship a man possessed by demons» (Source: J.L. Swellengrebel in The Bible Translator 1950, p. 75ff. )
- English translation by Michael Pakaluk (2019): «And right then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. He cried out»