Mark 5:1-21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. This he did when he was come to the other side, whither he went through a storm; his business there was to rescue this poor creature out of the hands of Satan, and when he had done that, he returned. Thus he came from heaven to earth, and returned, in a storm, to redeem a remnant of mankind out of the hands of the devil, though but a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 5:21-34

The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (Mark 5:21), and there much people gathered to him. Note, If there be some that reject Christ, yet there are others that receive him, and bid him welcome. A despised gospel will cross the water, and go where it will have better entertainment. Now among the many that applied themselves to him, I. Here is one, that comes openly to beg a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:1-13

5:1-13 They came to the other side of the lake, to the territory of the Gerasenes. Immediately Jesus had disembarked from the boat, there met him from the tombs a man in the grip of an unclean spirit. This man lived amongst the tombs. No one had ever been able to bind him with a chain, because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him and the fetters shattered; and no one was strong enough to tame him. Continually, night and day, in the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:14-17

5:14-17 The men who were feeding the pigs fled, and brought news of what had happened to the town and to the farms. They came to see what it was that had happened. They came to Jesus, and they saw the demon-possessed man--the man who had had the legion of demons--sitting fully clothed and in his senses, and they were afraid; and those who had seen what had taken place told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and told them about the pigs; and they began to urge Jesus to get out... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:18-20

5:18-20 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him that he might be allowed to stay with him. He did not allow him, but said to him, "Go back to your home and your own people, and tell them all that the Lord has done for you." And he went away and began to proclaim the story throughout the Decapolis of all that Jesus had done for him. The interesting thing about this passage is that it tells us that this incident happened in the Decapolis.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:21-24

5:21-24 When Jesus had crossed over in the boat back again to the other side, a great crowd gathered together to him; and he was by the lakeside. One of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came to him; and, when he saw Jesus, he threw himself at his feet. He pled with him, "My little daughter is lying at death's door. Come and lay your hands on her, that she may be cured and live." Jesus went away with him; and the crowd were following him, and crushing in upon him on all sides. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1

And they came over unto the other side of the sea ,.... Of Galilee, or Tiberias; into the country of the Gadarenes : in the Evangelist Matthew it is called, "the country of the Gergesenes", as it is here in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions. The Vulgate Latin reads, "of the Gerasenes", and so some copies, from Gerasa, a place in the same country; but the Syriac and Persic versions read, "Gadarenes", as do most copies; so called from Gadara, a city either adjacent to, or within the country... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:2

And when he was come out of the ship ,.... As soon as he was landed, immediately there met him out of the tombs, a man with an unclean spirit . The Jews have a notion, that a man by dwelling among the tombs, becomes possessed with an unclean spirit: hence they say of one that seeks to the dead, or a necromancer F15 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 65. 2. Nidda, fol. 17. 1. & Chagiga, fol. 3. 2. , this is he that starves himself, and goes "and lodges in the tombs"; כדי שתשרה עליו ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:3

Who had his dwelling among the tombs ,.... Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is F17 T. Hieros. Gittin, fol. 48. 3. & Trumot, fol. 40. 2. . "the sign of a madman, that he goeth out in the night, והלן בבית הקברות , "and lodges among the tombs", and rends his garments, and loses what is given to him.' The same they say, in the same place, of an hypochondriac, and melancholy man; and of Kordiacus, which they give out F18 Jarchi &... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:4

Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains ,.... Trial had been made several times, to no purpose; his arms had been bound with chains, and his feet with fetters, which was very proper to prevent doing hurt to himself, and injury to others: and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces ; as if they had been twine threads; such was his strength, through the force of madness, and the possession of Satan, and his diabolical influence: ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 5:21-34

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:1-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:14-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:18-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 5:21-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 5:4

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