Mark 5:2

At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

1So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.

3This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;

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Cross References

Mark 1:23when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:

Mark 3:30This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

Mark 5:8For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

Luke 8:27Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.

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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