Mark 5:6

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Night and day, on the mountains and among the tombs, he would continually cry out and cut himself with stones.

7Then he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What do yoʋ have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure yoʋ by God, do not torment me.”

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Cross References

Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many, crying out, “Yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of God.” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

James 2:19Do yoʋ believe that God is one? Yoʋ do well; even the demons believe—and shudder!

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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