Mark 5:3

who had his dwelling among the tombs, and, not even with a chain, any longer, was anyone able to bind him,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And, when he went forth out of the boat, [straightway], there met him, from amongst the tombs, a man, in an impure spirit:

4because of his having been, many times, with fetters and chains, bound, and the chains having been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters smashed, and no one was mighty enough to tame him;

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:4Who tarry among graves, And in the secret places, do lodge, Who eat the flesh of swine, And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels,—

Mark 9:18and, wheresoever it seizeth him, it teareth him, and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and weareth himself out;—and I spake to thy disciples, that they should cast it out, and 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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