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Text -- Mark 5:1-21 (NET)
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Context
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 .
5:11 There on the hillside , a great herd of pigs was feeding .
5:12 And the demonic spirits begged him , “Send us into the pigs . Let us enter them .”
5:13 Jesus gave them permission . So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs . Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake , and about two thousand were drowned in the lake .
5:14 Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside , and the people went out to see what had happened .
5:15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind – the one who had the “Legion ”– and they were afraid .
5:16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs .
5:17 Then they asked Jesus to leave their region .
5:18 As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him .
5:19 But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead , he said to him , “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you , that he had mercy on you .”
5:20 So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him , and all were amazed .
Restoration and Healing
5:21 When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side , a large crowd gathered around him , and he was by the sea .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
Miracles |
Gergesa |
Gadarenes |
Devil |
Demons |
DEMONIACS |
Swine |
Daemoniac |
Legion |
Decapolis |
Testimony |
Zeal |
Regeneration |
PALESTINE, 3 |
ADJURATION |
STRANGLED |
Love |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Mar 5:1; Mar 5:1; Mar 5:1; Mar 5:2; Mar 5:2; Mar 5:2; Mar 5:4; Mar 5:4; Mar 5:7; Mar 5:7; Mar 5:7; Mar 5:8; Mar 5:8; Mar 5:9; Mar 5:9; Mar 5:10; Mar 5:11; Mar 5:12; Mar 5:13; Mar 5:13; Mar 5:13; Mar 5:14; Mar 5:17; Mar 5:17; Mar 5:18; Mar 5:19; Mar 5:19; Mar 5:19; Mar 5:20; Mar 5:20; Mar 5:20
NET Notes: Mar 5:1 The region of the Gerasenes would be in Gentile territory on the (south)eastern side of the Sea of Galilee across from Galilee. Matthew 8:28 records t...
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NET Notes: Mar 5:2 Grk “met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.” When this is converted to normal English word order (“a man met him from ...
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NET Notes: Mar 5:4 Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:7 Though it seems unusual for a demon to invoke God’s name (“I implore you by God”) in his demands of Jesus, the parallel in Matt 8:29...
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NET Notes: Mar 5:9 The name Legion means “thousands,” a word taken from a Latin term for a large group of soldiers. The term not only suggests a multiple pos...
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NET Notes: Mar 5:10 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:11 Grk “mountain,” but this might give the English reader the impression of a far higher summit.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:12 Grk “they”; the referent (the demonic spirits) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:13 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:14 Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate a transition to the response to the miraculo...
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NET Notes: Mar 5:17 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:18 Grk “be,” that is, “remain.” In this context that would involve accompanying Jesus as he went on his way.
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NET Notes: Mar 5:19 Jesus instructs the man to declare what the Lord has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 1:44; 5:43) to remain silent. Here in ...
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