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Texts -- Mark 5:1-10 (NET)

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Healing of a Demoniac
5:1 So they came to the other side of the lake , to the region of the Gerasenes . 5:2 Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat , a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him . 5:3 He lived lived among the tombs , and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain . 5:4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles , but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him . 5:5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains , he would cry out and cut himself with stones . 5:6 When he saw Jesus from a distance , he ran and bowed down before him . 5:7 Then he cried out with a loud voice , “Leave me alone, Jesus , Son of the Most High God ! I implore you by God – do not torment me !” 5:8 (For Jesus had said to him , “Come out of that man , you unclean spirit !”) 5:9 Jesus asked him , “What is your name ?” And he said , “My name is Legion , for we are many .” 5:10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region .

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  • Gadarenes

    [ebd] the inhabitants of Gadara, in Revised Version "Gerasenes" (Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26, 37). In Matt. 8:28 they are called Gergesenes, Revised Version "Gadarenes."
    [nave] GADARENES, called also Gergesenes. Jesus visits and works miracles among, but is rejected, Matt. 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-19.

  • MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2

    [isbe] MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 - VI. Sources and Integrity. We have seen that, according to the testimony of the Fathers, Peter's preaching and teaching are at least the main source, and that many features of the Gospel su...

  • JESUS CHRIST, 4C1

    [isbe] JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 - C. THE GALILEAN MINISTRY AND VISITS TO THE FEASTS 1. The Scene: Galilee was divided into upper Galilee and lower Galilee. It has already been remarked that upper Galilee was inhabited by a mixed populatio...

  • Jesus, The Christ

    [nave] JESUS, THE CHRIST. Index of Sub-topics History of; Miscellaneous Facts Concerning; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Ascension of; Atonement by; Attributes of; Compassion of; Confessing; Creator; Death of; Design of His...

  • Miracles

    [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...

  • Devil

    [ebd] (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the He...

  • Gergesa

    [ebd] =Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, "over against Galilee," close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. "From the base of the great plateau of Bashan, 2,000 feet or more overhead,...

  • Demons

    [nave] DEMONS Worship of, Lev. 17:7; Deut. 32:17; 2 Chr. 11:15; Psa. 106:37; Matt. 4:9; Luke 4:7; 1 Cor. 10:20, 21; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 13:4. Worship of, forbidden, Lev. 17:7; Zech. 13:2; Rev. 9:20. Possession by, instances of: Saul...

  • DEMONIACS

    [smith] This word is frequently used in the New Testament, and applied to persons suffering under the possession of a demon or evil spirit, such possession generally showing itself visibly in bodily disease or mental derangement. It ...

  • Daemoniac

    [ebd] one "possessed with a devil." In the days of our Lord and his apostles, evil spirits, "daemons," were mysteriously permitted by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies of men, inflicting dumbness (Matt. 9...

  • Legion

    [ebd] a regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were...
    [smith] the chief subdivision of the Roman army, containing about 6000 infantry, with a contingent of cavalry. The term does not occur in the Bible in its primary sense, but appears to have been adopted in order to express any large ...
    [nave] LEGION Of angels, Matt. 26:53. Devils, Mark 5:9, 15.

  • ADJURATION

    [ebd] a solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16). We have in the New Testament a striking example of this (Matt. 26:63; ...
    [isbe] ADJURATION - ad-ju-ra'-shun: The act of requiring or taking a solemn oath. In a time of military peril Saul adjured the people ('alah, "to take oath") and they took oath by saying "Amen" (1 Sam 14:24). When Joshua pronounced...

  • PIECE

    [isbe] PIECE - pes: In the King James Version the word (singular and plural) represents a large number of different Hebrew words, many of which have more or less the same significance, e.g. piece of meat or flesh (Gen 15:10; 2 Sam ...

  • Gerasenes

    [nave] GERASENES Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26, 37

  • PALESTINE, 3

    [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...

  • Fetters

    [nave] FETTERS Used for securing prisoners, 2 Chr. 33:11; 36:6; Mark 5:4. Made of bronze, Judg. 16:21; 2 Kin. 25:7. Made of iron. See: Chains.

  • GADARENES, GIRGESENES, GERASENES

    [smith] (These three names are used indiscriminately to designate the place where Jesus healed two demoniacs. The first two are in the Authorized Version. (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26) In Gerasenes in place of Gadarenes. The mi...

  • GERASA; GERASENES

    [isbe] GERASA; GERASENES - ger'-a-sa, ger'-a-senz (Gerasa; Gerasenon): 1. Country of the Gerasenes: The town itself is not named in Scripture, and is referred to only in the expression, "country of the Gerasenes" (Mk 5:1; Lk 8:26,3...

  • ASUNDER

    [isbe] ASUNDER - a-sun'-der: This word occurs 22 times in the King James Version, 13 in Old Testament and 9 in the New Testament. It is found in combination with break (twice), burst, cleave (twice), depart, cut (six times), divide...

  • ARMY

    [isbe] ARMY - ar'-mi (chayil, "army," tsabha', "host," ma`arakhah, "army in battle array" gedhudh, "troop"): 1. The First Campaign of History 2. In the Wilderness 3. The Times after the Conquest 4. In the Early Monarchy 5. From the...
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  • Mark 1-9
  • "And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2. And when He was come out of the ship, immediately there met Him out of the combs a man with an unclean spirit, 3. Who had his dwelling ...
  • There seems to be intended a distinction between he besought,' in Mark 5:10, and they besought,' in Mark 5:12. Whether we are to suppose that, in the latter case, the man's voice was used or no, the second request was more pl...
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