Mark 5:4-20

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 5:1. Gadarenes.—Gerasenes is undoubtedly the true reading here, and in Origen’s time it was the prevalent one; “but the copyists, thinking this referred to the well-known Gerasa in Gilead, and knowing that the miracle could not have occurred there, at a distance of twenty miles from the Sea of Galilee, altered it to ‘Gadarenes,’ since at Gadara there were the ‘tombs,’ and other particulars of the miracle, and it might easily be supposed that the whole district... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1-17

Mark 5:1-17 This story may be viewed in four aspects. I. The human. ( a ) The human aspect as seen in shadow: (1) Man impure unclean spirit; (2) Man dis-socialised his dwelling was among the tombs; (3) Man unrestrained no man could tame him; (4) Man self-tormented. ( b ) As seen in light: (1) Man tranquillized sitting; (2) Man civilised clothed; (3) Man intellectualised in his right mind. II. The Divine. (1) Christ identified by His holiness; (2) Christ feared for His power; (3) Christ... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:15

Mark 5:15 , Mark 5:17 I. We learn that in our Saviour's day there was devil power at work in the world, and that it assumed various manifestations and forms more or less repulsive, agonising and destructive. This was Satan's day, his hour, and the power of darkness. And has this devil power ceased in our own day? It would be a fond delusion to suppose so. He may be gagged and pushed into the slums and back streets of a civilised community. He may assume among us the garb of an angel of light;... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:17

Mark 5:15 , Mark 5:17 I. We learn that in our Saviour's day there was devil power at work in the world, and that it assumed various manifestations and forms more or less repulsive, agonising and destructive. This was Satan's day, his hour, and the power of darkness. And has this devil power ceased in our own day? It would be a fond delusion to suppose so. He may be gagged and pushed into the slums and back streets of a civilised community. He may assume among us the garb of an angel of light;... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:18-21

Mark 5:18-21 I. The recollection of our Christless state should beget a spirit of distrust in ourselves. The healed man was naturally anxious to remain at the side of his healer. II. We see here the possibility of being under the protection of Christ even though far from His physical presence. The healed man was as surely under the care of Christ when miles away as when within reach of His hand. Christ always pointed towards a spiritual reign, and both incidentally and directly discouraged... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:20-21

Mark 5:20-21 Thronging Christ and touching Christ. Note: I. The mighty difference, it may be a difference for us as of life and death, between thronging Jesus and touching Him. The multitude thronged Him; only this faithful woman touched Him. There was nothing to the outward eye which should distinguish between her action and theirs. Peter and the other disciples could see nothing to distinguish this woman from any other member of that eager, inquisitive, unceremonious multitude which crowded... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 5:16-18

DISCOURSE: 1425THE GADARENE DEMONIACMark 5:16-18. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil, prayed him that he might be with him.THE miracles of our blessed Lord were certainly intended in the first instance to attest the truth of his divine mission; in which view he himself frequently... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 5:9

many See, Mark 16:9; Matthew 7:22 (See Scofield "Matthew 7:22- :") read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 5:6

He Ran, and "He" Ran July 2, 1885 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him." Mark 5:6 . "But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:20 . These two texts have a measure of apparent likeness: the man runs to Jesus from afar, and the father runs to the prodigal from afar. They both run; and when two run to meet each other, they soon meet. When a sinner is... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 5:17-19

Christ's Curate In Decapolis April 27th, 1890 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, God home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."-- Mark 5:17-19 . That is a striking name for a man, "he that had been... read more

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