Mark 5:19 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:18-20

And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with devils besought him that he might he with him . It was natural that he should desire this. It would be grateful and soothing to him to be near to Christ, from whom he had received so great a benefit and yet hoped for more. And he suffered him not, but saith unto him; Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee. Our Lord here takes a different course from what lie so often... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:18-20

Desire and duty. There was wonderful variety in the methods of treatment adopted by our Lord in dealing with those who surrounded him. He touched the eyes of the blind; he garb his hand to those prostrate by illness or stricken with death; he sometimes spoke the word of healing first, and sometimes the word of pardon, always suiting himself to the special condition of each, according to his perfect knowledge of his deepest need. The same completeness of knowledge and of consideration... 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 5:18-20

Mark 5:18-20 . He that had been possessed, prayed that he might be with him To enjoy the further benefit of his instructions. Perhaps he feared lest, if Jesus left him, he should relapse into his former condition, the terrors of which he dreaded. Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not Judging it proper to leave him in that country as a witness of the power and goodness of his deliverer, and of the folly and wickedness of these Gadarenes, who rejected such a Saviour. Go home to thy friends To... 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 5:19

not . Greek ou. App-105 . home = to ( App-104 .) thy house. the Lord . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 5:19

And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.On occasion, Jesus forbade the beneficiaries of his miracles to speak of them; but here it was commanded, the reason as discerned by Dummelow, was that "It was a Gentile area, and there was no danger of any popular excitement."[9] Also, it would appear that the necessity of providing some witness of the truth for the unfortunate... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:19

19. Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, &c.—To be a missionary for Christ, in the region where he was so well known and so long dreaded, was a far nobler calling than to follow Him where nobody had ever heard of him, and where other trophies not less illustrious could be raised by the same power and grace. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 5:1-20

The deliverance of a demoniac in Gadara 5:1-20 (cf. Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)Even though Mark had already reported that Jesus had exorcized many demons, this case was extraordinary."Christ, Who had been charged by the Pharisees with being the embodiment and messenger of Satan [Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15], is here face to face with the extreme manifestation of demoniac power and influence. It is once more, then, a Miracle in Parable which is about to take place. The question,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 5:18-19

Why did Jesus instruct the man to tell others about what the Lord had done for him when He had told the cleansed leper not to tell anyone (Mark 1:44; cf. Mark 5:43; Mark 7:36)? Apparently there was little danger in this Gentile region that the people would create problems for Jesus’ mission as they did in Jewish territory. We need not understand Jesus’ command as a permanent prohibition against following Him. Perhaps this man did return and become a disciple after he bore witness locally. The... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 5:18-20

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 5:18-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 5:19

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 5:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 5:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 5:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 5:18-19

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