Mark 5:15

When they came to Jesus, they found the possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind – the man who had had the ‘Legion’ in him – and they were awe-struck.

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In The King James Version

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

In Context

14Then the men who tended them ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country around; and the people went to see what had happened.

16Then those who had seen it related to them all that had happened to the possessed man, as well as about the pigs;

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Cross References

Psalms 14:5Sore afraid will they be; for God is among those who are righteous,

Matthew 4:24and his fame spread all through Syria. They brought to him all who were ill with any form of disease, or who were suffering pain – any who were either possessed by demons, or were lunatic, or paralyzed; and he cured them.

Matthew 12:29How, again, can anyone get into a strong man’s house and carry off his goods, without first securing him? Not until then will he plunder his house.

Mark 5:9And he asked him, “What is your name?” “My name,” he said, “is Legion, for there are many of us;”

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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