Mark 5:6

Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed to the ground before him,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

7shrieking out in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God’s sake do not torment me!”

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Cross References

Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How dread are your works, so great is your might that your enemies cringe to you.

Luke 4:41And even demons came out from many people, screaming ‘You are the Son of God.’ Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

James 2:19It is a part of your faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

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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