Mark 5:2

There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

In Context

1Jesus and his disciples arrived on the east side of Lake Galilee. They landed near where the Gerasene people lived.

3Because that man was violent and people were afraid of him, they had tied him up many times. As he grew more violent, no one was able to tie him up any longer, not even with chains,

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Cross References

Mark 1:23Suddenly, while he was teaching, a man appeared in their worship place who had an evil spirit in him, and he shouted,

Mark 3:30Jesus told them that because they refused to admit that the Holy Spirit was helping him to expel demons. Instead, they were saying, “An evil spirit is controlling him!”

Luke 8:27There was a man in that region in whom demons lived. He was from the town of Gerasa. (OR, In that area there was a man from that town whom demons controlled.) For a long time he had not worn clothes. He did not live in a house. Instead, he lived in burial caves.

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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