Mark 5:1

Healing of a Demoniac

5:1 So ¹  they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes. ² 

Mark 5:10

5:10 He begged Jesus ³  repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

Mark 6:55

6:55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. ⁴ 

Mark 1:5

1:5 People ⁵  from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem ⁶  were going out to him, and he was baptizing them ⁷  in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

[5:1]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate a summary and transition in the narrative.

[5:1]  ² tc The textual tradition here is quite complicated. Most later mss (A C ˹³ Ï sy^p,h) read “Gadarenes,” which is the better reading in Matt 8:28. Other mss (א² L Δ Θ Ë¹ 28 33 565 579 700 892 1241 1424 al sy^s bo) have “Gergesenes.” Others (א* B D latt sa) have “Gerasenes,” which is the reading followed in the translation here and in Luke 8:26. The difference between Matthew and Mark (which is parallel to Luke) may well have to do with uses of variant regional terms.

[5:10]  ³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:55]  ⁵ tn Grk “wherever they heard he was.”

[1:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “And the whole Judean countryside.” Mark uses the Greek conjunction καί (kai) at numerous places in his Gospel to begin sentences and paragraphs. This practice is due to Semitic influence and reflects in many cases the use of the Hebrew ו (vav) which is used in OT narrative, much as it is here, to carry the narrative along. Because in contemporary English style it is not acceptable to begin every sentence with “and,” καί was often left untranslated or rendered as “now,” “so,” “then,” or “but” depending on the context. When left untranslated it has not been noted. When given an alternative translation, this is usually indicated by a note.

[1:5]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “they were being baptized by him.” The passive construction has been rendered as active in the translation for the sake of English style.