Mark 5:4

Because often he had been bound with shackles and the shackles had been torn apart by him, and no one had the koach (power) to subdue him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

3This man had (his) dwelling among the kevarim. And no one could keep him tied any longer, even with sharsherot (chains, fetters);

5And constantly, yomam valailah (day and night), among the kevarim and in the mountains, he was crying out and beating himself with stones.

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Cross References

James 3:7For every species both of wild animals and birds, reptiles and marine creatures is tamed and has been tamed by humankind.

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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