Marcos 5:1-2 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

Christ, the Redeemer of the intellect. I. THE EXTREME OF HUMAN DEGRADATION AND MISERY . Bondage, impotent violence, suicidal mania. We cannot make out a theory of the facts; the facts are certain, and sad enough in this as in that age. There may be a duplicity in the consciousness of man, so that the being is threatened with a rending asunder. There is a certain reflection of this duplicity in all of us. II. VIOLENT CONFLICT PRECEDES HAPPY CHANGE . There are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

Parallel passages: Matthew 8:28-34 ; Luke 8:26-40 .— Gadarene or Gergesene demoniacs. I. CURE OF THE GADARENE DEMONIAC . 1 . The district. The country called Gilead in the Old Testament, at a later period and in the New Testament goes by the name of Peraea. It was south of Bashan, and formed a sort of peninsula, bounded by the Yarmuck (anciently Hieromax) on the north, Arnon (now Wady el Mojeb) on the south, and Jordan on the east. The part of Gilead between the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:2-5

There met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit . St. Matthew says that there were two. St. Luke, like St. Mark, mentions only one, and him "possessed with devils," The cue mentioned by St. Mark was no doubt the more prominent and fierce of the two. This does not mean merely a person with a disordered intellect. No doubt, in this case, as in that of instantly, physical causes may have helped to lay the victim open to such an incursion; and this may account for cases of possession... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:2-6

The demoniac of Gadara. This is the most detailed and important account given in the Gospels of demoniacal possession. Some are content to identify this phenomenon with lunacy or epilepsy, and suppose that our Lord used current phraseology upon the subject, although it expressed a popular delusion. We are slow to accept an explanation which would seem to credit him, who was always true, and himself "the Truth," with thus sanctioning error; especially as he used the same language when he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:1-20

See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34.Mark 5:4He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 213) says... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 5:1-17

Mark 5:1-17. They came into the country of the Gadarenes Called Gergesenes, Matthew 8:28. Gadara and Gergasa being towns near each other, and their inhabitants, and those of the country adjacent, taking their name indifferently from either. There met him a man with an unclean spirit Matthew mentions two. Probably this, so particularly spoken of here, was the most remarkably fierce and ungovernable. This whole story is explained at large, Matthew 8:28-34. My name is Legion, for we are many... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

58. Demon power overcome at Gadara (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39)Another place that Jesus visited was the district to the east and south of the Lake of Galilee known as Gadara. The people were mainly Gentiles and were known as Gadarenes (sometimes as Gerasenes, after the chief town of the district, or even Gergesenes, after another local town) (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1). Jesus was met there by a man whose body had been cruelly taken over by demons. To release the man from his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:1

unto . Greek. eis . App-104 . into = unto. Greek. eis , as above. Gadarenes. In the earlier miracle it was Gergesenes (Matthew 8:28 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:2

out of . Greek. ek. App-104 . ship = boat. immediately . See note on Mark 1:12 . met = confronted. man . Greek. anthropos . App-123 . In the earlier miracle there were "two men "(Matthew 8:28 ). with = in [the power of]. Greek. en , App-104 . spirit . Greek. pneuma . See App-101 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 5:1

This chapter records the events regarding the Gerasene demoniacs (Mark 5:1-20), and the raising of the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Mark 5:21-24,35-43), and the parenthetical miracle of healing the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-34).THE GERASENE DEMONIACSAnd they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. (Mark 5:1)Other side of the sea ... that is, the eastern shore of Galilee.Gerasenes ... In the parallel accounts (Matthew 8:28-35; Luke 8:26-40), Luke... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:2-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:1-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 5:1-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 5:1

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