Mark 5:11-20

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 5:15

5:15 sensible, (a-17) As Luke 8:35 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 5:18

5:18 ship, (b-7) Or 'the ship.' see Note, Matthew 4:21 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 5:20

5:20 Decapolis (c-11) See Note, Matthew 4:25 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:1-43

The Gadarene Demoniac. Jairus’ Daughter1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) demoniac (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk’s account is much the fullest.1. Gadarenes] RV ’Gerasenes.’9. Mk and Lk (not Mt) state that the man called himself ’Legion,’ because he believed himself to be possessed by numerous devils.18-20. Our Lord thought the quiet of home life better for the man than the excitement of going about with Him. He told him to proclaim the miracle, because in this mainly Gentile district... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 5:1-20

V.(1-20) See Notes on Matthew 8:28-34. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 5:13

(13) They were about two thousand.—The number, which is peculiar to St. Mark, may be noted as another instance of his graphic accuracy in detail. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 5:15

(15) And had the legion.—This special form of the antithesis between the man’s past and present state is given by St. Mark only. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 5:19

(19) The Lord hath done for thee.—Coming from our Lord’s lips, and having “God” as its equivalent in Luke 8:39, the word “Lord” must be taken in its Old Testament sense, as referring, not to the Lord Jesus, but to the Father. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 5:20

(20) Decapolis.—On the import of the name and the extent of the district so called, see Note on Matthew 4:25. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 5:1-43

The Saviour and the Maniac Mark 5:18 Of all the encounters of Jesus with men, surely none is more striking than His meeting with the maniac whose home was among the tombs. Jesus had just left the boat, and stepped upon the shore, when from out one of the caves that served for a burying-place among the limestone hills there rushed towards Him a creature that seemed not so much like a human being as like an evil spirit incarnate. Perhaps the unhappy man had been watching the boat coming across... read more

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