Mark 5:1
Jesus and his disciples arrived on the east side of Lake Galilee. They landed near where the Gerasene people lived.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
In Context
2There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled.
Cross References
Matthew 8:28When they came to the east side of the lake, they arrived in the region where the Gadarenes lived. Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then two men who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} came out of the burial caves where they were living. Because they were extremely violent and attacked people, no one dared to travel on the road near where they were living.
Luke 8:26Jesus and his disciples arrived at the region near Gerasa, a town which was on the eastern side of Lake Galilee.
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:1
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's casting the legion of devils out of the man possessed, and suffering them to enter into the swine, ver. 1-20 . II. Christ's healing the woman with the bloody issue, in the way as he was going to raise Jairus's daughter to life, ver. 21-43 . These three miracles we had the story of before ( Matt. viii. 28, and Matt. ix. 18 , and c.) but more fully related here. Read the whole commentary →