Mark 4:35--5:43
On that <1722 1565> [the same.]
Let's go across <1330> [Let.]
just as <5613> [even.]
developed <1096> [there arose.]
a great windstorm <2978 3173> [great storm.]
stern ... on <1909 4403> [in the.]
But ............... and <2532 1326> [and they.]
care <3199> [carest.]
he got up <1326> [he arose.]
rebuked <2008> [rebuked.]
wind ............. wind <417> [the wind.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
They were overwhelmed by fear <5399> [feared.]
Who <5101> [What.]
of ........... from <1537> [out.]
a man <444> [a man.]
Matthew gives a brief account of two demoniacs who were dispossessed on this occasion; but Mark and Luke omit the mention of one (who was perhaps not so remarkable). That these wretched men were not merely mad, as some suppose, but really possessed of evil spirits, appears clearly from the language employed, as well as from the narrative itself. Matthew expressly affirms that they were "possessed with devils," or demoniacs, [daimonizomai <\\See definition 1139\\>;] Mark says he had "an unclean spirit," i.e., a fallen spirit; and Luke asserts, that he "had devils (or demons) a long time," and was called Legion, "because many devils were entered into him." With supernatural strength the demons burst asunder the chains and fetters with which he was bound; they address Christ as the "Son of the most high God;" they beseech him to suffer them to enter into the swine; and when he had given them leave, they "went out and entered into the swine," etc.
with <1722> [with.]
to subdue <1150> [tame.]
cry out <2896> [crying.]
he ran <5143> [he ran.]
<5101> [What.]
Son <5207> [Son.]
I implore <3726> [I adjure.]
do ... torment <928> [that.]
What <5101> [What.]
Legion <3003> [Legion.]
a ... herd <34> [herd.]
gave ... permission <2010> [gave.]
herd <34> [the herd.]
demon-possessed man <1139> [him that.]
They came .... and ......... and ............ and they were afraid <2532 2064 5399> [and they.]
asked <3870> [prayed.]
Decapolis <1179> [Decapolis.]
came up <2064> [there.]
synagogue rulers <752> [rulers.]
he fell <4098> [he fell.]
asked <3870> [besought.]
lay ... hands <2007 5495> [lay thy hands.]
went <565> [went.]
and ...... and pressed around <2532 4918> [and thronged.]
<5100> [a certain.]
for twelve <1427> [twelve.]
had endured <3958> [had suffered.]
No person will wonder at this account when he considers the therapeutics of the Jewish physicians, in reference to diseases of this kind (for an account of which, see Drs. Lightfoot and Clarke). She was, therefore, a fit patient for the Great Physician.
<3367> [nothing.]
touched <680> [touched.]
<2112> [straightway.]
bleeding <4077> [fountain.]
disease <3148> [plague.]
power <1411> [virtue.]
You see <991> [Thou seest.]
woman <1135> [the woman.]
and .......... and ...... and told <2532 2036> [and told.]
Daughter <2364> [Daughter.]
your faith ............. your <4675 4102> [thy faith.]
Go <5217> [go.]
came <2064> [there came.]
Your daughter <4675 2364> [thy daughter.]
Why <5101> [why.]
teacher <1320> [the Master.]
just <3440> [only.]
did ... let <863> [he suffered.]
<1508> [save.]
he saw .... and .... and <2532 2334> [and seeth.]
is not dead <3756 599> [not dead.]
they began making fun <2606> [they.]
put .... outside <1544> [when.]
he took <3880> [he taketh.]
He took just so many as prudence required, and as were sufficient to prove the reality of the cure; to have permitted the presence of more, might have savoured of ostentation.
taking <2902> [took.]
Talitha koum <5008 2891> [Talitha cumi.]
[Talitha cumi;] which is pure Syriac, the same as in the Syriac version, the proper translation of which is given by the evangelist.
child ............. Little girl <3813 2877> [Damsel.]
ordered <1291> [he charged.]
He ........... and told <2532 2036> [and commanded.]
This was to shew that she had not only returned to life, but was also restored to perfect health; and to intimate, that though raised to life by extraordinary power, she must be continued in existence, as before, by the use of ordinary means. The advice of a heathen, on another subject, is quite applicable: {Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit.} "When the miraculous power of God is necessary, let it be resorted to; when not necessary, let the ordinary means be used." To act otherwise would be to tempt God.
to give <1325> [Given.]
