Mark 5:6

Seeing Jesus from a distance he ran and kneeled in front of him.

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In The King James Version

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

In Context

5Day and night he was always shouting out among the tombs and in the hills nearby, cutting himself with sharp stones.

7In a loud voice he cried out, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of Almighty God? Swear by God that you won't torture me!”

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Cross References

Psalms 66:3Tell God, “What you do is awesome! Your enemies are forced to bow before you because of your power.

Luke 4:41Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But Jesus stopped them and refused to let them speak because they knew he was the Christ.

James 2:19You believe that God is one God? That's great—but demons believe in God too, and they're scared of him!

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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