The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Mark 5:2-5
The demoniac: v. 2. And when He was come out of the ship, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, v. 3. who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains, v. 4. because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. v. 5. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying,... read more
F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Mark 5:1-99
Mark 5 THE CONVICTION, as to “what manner of Man” the Lord Jesus is, once having been reached by faith, it carries with it the assurance that He must be equal to meeting every emergency. Yet, even so, it is well for the disciple to actually see Him dealing with men, and with the troubles that have come upon them by reason of sin, in His delivering mercy. In this chapter we see the Lord displaying His power, and thereby educating His disciples still further. That education may be ours also as... read more