Mark 5:1-5

After calming the storm, Jesus and his disciples make it across to the other side of the lake. Jesus hoped for some peace and quiet. But he’s in for a noisy and dramatic welcome! The man was so demented that he would violently attack the local people and destroy their property. That’s why they’d tried to chain him up. But the evil spirits within him gave him supernatural strength, and nothing could hold him. He lived among the tombs, because his life was basically over. He was as good as dead.…

After calming the storm, Jesus and his disciples make it across to the other side of the lake. Jesus hoped for some peace and quiet. But he’s in for a noisy and dramatic welcome! The man was so demented that he would violently attack the local people and destroy their property. That’s why they’d tried to chain him up. But the evil spirits within him gave him supernatural strength, and nothing could hold him. He lived among the tombs, because his life was basically over. He was as good as dead.…