Mark 5:4

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

5And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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Cross References

James 3:7For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21

The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 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. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →

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