Mark 5:3

The man lived in the tombs. No one could restrain him anymore, not even with a chain.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

In Context

2When Jesus was getting out of the boat, immediately there came up to him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

4He had been bound many times with shackles and with chains. He tore the chains apart and his shackles were shattered. No one had the strength to subdue him.

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:4They sit among the graves and keep watch all night, 1 and eat pork with the broth of foul meat in their dishes. 1

Mark 9:18It seizes him and it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not.”

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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