Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 5:15
And they were afraid — It is not improbable they might otherwise have offered some rudeness, if not violence.
And they were afraid — It is not improbable they might otherwise have offered some rudeness, if not violence.
Verse Mark 5:15. _THAT - HAD THE LEGION_] This is omitted by D, and two others, _AEthiopic, Persic, Vulgate_, and all the _Itala_ but one. _Mill, Bengel_, and _Griesbach_, think it should be omitted....
See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28. Mark 5:4 HE HAD BEEN OFTEN BOUND WITH FETTERS AND CHAINS - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Servant's Power over Satan's work. (Mark 5:1. Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26 .)_ 2. The Servant's Power over disease and death. (Mark
MARK 4:35 TO MARK 5:43. FOUR WONDER-STORIES. The stilling of the tempest, the healing of the demoniac and of the woman, and the raising of Jairus-' daughter form one of the most graphic sections of Mk...
The men who were feeding the pigs fled, and brought news of what had happened to the town and to the farms. They came to see what it was that had happened. They came to Jesus, and they saw the demon-p...
THE BANISHING OF THE DEMONS (Mark 5:1-13)...
TO. Greek _pros._ App-104. SEE. gaze upon. Greek. _thearea._ App-133.:11. POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL. Greek. _daimonizomi_ CLOTHED. provided with clothes. Compare Luke 8:27, where he had for. long tim...
_clothed_ because, as St Luke informs us (Mark 8:27), before the wretched man _wore no clothes_. "On descending from the heights of Lebanon, I found myself," writes Warburton, "in a _cemetery_… The si...
ΘΕΩΡΟΥ͂ΣΙΝ. Much stronger than the previous ἰδεῖν. Cf. Mark 3:11; Mark 12:41; Mark 15:40. ΤῸΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΝ. This is their view of him; to them he is still “the demoniac,” unless the participle be im...
1–20. CURE OF THE GERASENE DEMONIAC Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39...
Ver 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 s...
_JESUS SENT THE DEMONS INTO THE SWINE MARK 5:10-20:_ The demons begged Jesus not to send them out of the country. There was a herd of about 2,000 swine feeding on the hillside. The evil spirits begged...
ΘΕΩΡΟΫ́ΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть, наблюдать за чем-л. долго и внимательно, часто предполагает, что объект наблюдения необычен (LN, 1:279). ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) pa...
WAS POSSESSED— _Had been possessed._...
B. THE FIERCE DEMONIAC. 5:1-20. _TEXT 5:1-20_ And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the...
_SUMMARY 4:34_5:43 The argument of this section is the same as that of the corresponding section in Matthew. (See Matthew 8:1 to Matthew 9:35.) It proves the divine power of Jesus by showing that he c...
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. AND THEY COME TO JESUS. Matthew (Matth...
35-41 Compare Mat_8:18-27; Luk_2:22-25. 37 The lake of Galilee is subject to sudden squalls when the wind sweeps down from the mountains on the east. In a short time it changes from a placid mirror-li...
5:15 sensible, (a-17) As Luke 8:35 ....
THE GADARENE DEMONIAC. JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) DEMONIAC (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk's account is much the fullest....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 JESUS IN GERASA VERSES 1-20 This man seemed strong and well. But his mind was ve...
V. (1-20) See Notes on Matthew 8:28....
CHAPTER 5:14-20 (MARK 5:14) THE MEN OF GADARA "And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass. And they come to Jesus...
CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 5:1-20 (Mark 5:1) THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA "And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met...
CHAPTER 4:39, 5:15, 5:31, 5:41 (MARK 4:39; MARK 5:15; MARK 5:31; MARK 5:41) FOUR MIRACLES "And there was a great calm....
_The Gerasene Demoniac_ (Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)....
_Sequel of the story_....
POWER OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS Mark 5:1-20 This poor victim of a dark tyrant power was endowed with superhuman strength, and scorned restraint. Terrible to others, he endured untold misery himself, and s...
Nevertheless the men of Gadara "began to beseech Him to depart from their borders" (verse Mar 5:17). The price was too heavy; their pigs were destroyed. There is heartbreak here. Jairus fell at His fe...
THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com
(15) And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. (16) And they that saw _it_ told them...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
Mark 5:15._And they come to Jesus _We have here a striking proof that not all who perceive the hand of God profit as they ought to do by yielding themselves to him in sincere godliness. Having seen th...
But, in another sense, they are not with Him. They are called to serve, when He quits the scene of His labour. We learn this from the demoniac Legion (chapter 5), delivered from his miserable conditio...
AND THEY COME TO JESUS,.... Who had wrought this miracle, and of which, and whom, the keepers of the swine had given them some account: AND SEE HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL, AND HAD A LEGION....
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Ver. 15. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 8:33 _"_...
_They came into the country of the Gadarenes_ Called Gergesenes, Matthew 8:28. Gadara and Gergasa being towns near each other, and their inhabitants, and those of the country adjacent, taking their na...
Legion of devils. Matthew 8:28-34; MATTHEW 26:53....
SITTING, AND CLOTHED, AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND; this was evidence that the evil spirits had gone out of him, and that he was cured....
The effect of the miracle:...
AND THEY COME TO JESUS, AND SEE HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL AND HAD THE LEGION, SITTING, AND CLOTHED, AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND; AND THEY WERE AFRAID....
1-20 Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is...
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The Teaching of Addaeus the Apostle And all those who believed in Christ did Addaeus receive, and baptized them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. And those who used t...
Mark 5:15 Then G2532 came G2064 (G5736) to G4314 Jesus G2424 and G2532 saw G2334 (G5719) demon-poss
‘And they that fed them fled and told it in the city and in the country, and they came to see what it was that had happened. And they come to Jesus and see the one who was possessed with devils sittin...
JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER A REGIMENT OF EVIL SPIRITS (5:1-20). The incident we are now about to examine raises the question as to the existence of evil spirits. But this is somet...
Mark 5:15. The order of the Greek, which is reproduced in the footnote, is vivid. SITTING, not wandering as before; clothed, not naked now; AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND, sane, not a maniac, as he had bee...
THE TIME of the voyage across the lake is fixed by the account before us. It was the evening of the day (Mark 4:35) when the discourse in parables had been uttered. The other accounts (Matthew 8:18; L...
Mark 5:1-20. THE DEMONIAC AT GERASA. See on Matthew 8:28-34. Comp. Luke 8:26-39. Luke's account more nearly resembles that of Mark, and both are fuller than that of Matthew....
THEY COME TO JESUS (ερχοντα προς τον Ιησουν). Vivid present. To Jesus as the cause of it all, "to meet Jesus" (εις υπαντησιν Ιησου, Matthew 8:34).AND BEHOLD (θεωρουσιν). Present tense again.AND T...
Mark 5:15 , MARK 5:17 I. We learn that in our Saviour's day there was devil power at work in the world, and that it assumed various manifestations and forms more or less repulsive, agonising and destr...
Mark 5:1 This story may be viewed in four aspects. I. The human. (_a_) The human aspect as seen in shadow: (1) Man impure unclean spirit; (2) Man dis-socialised his dwelling was among the tombs; (3)...
Mark 5:1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean s...
Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean...
Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes._ They had had a very eventful passage across that small but stormy sea, and Christ had proved himself...
CONTENTS: The maniac of Gadara. Woman with issue of blood healed. Daughter of Jairus raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, demoniac, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter. CONCLUSION: The po...
Mark 5:9. _What is thy name?_ Our Saviour asked this to show the great power which demons have over men, when permitted of God. Mark 5:25. _A certain woman._ See Luke 8:43....
_Into the country of the Gadarenes._ THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES I spent a night and part of two days in the vicinity of the Lake of Tiberias. My tent was pitched near the Hot Baths, about a mile so...
_Sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind._ THE JOY OF FREEDOM FROM SATANIC TYRANNY At the death of Queen Mary of England, several Protestants were in the prisons awaiting martyrdom. Who can tell...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 5:15 THEY WERE AFRAID. See note on Luke 8:37. ⇐...
JESUS SENDS THE DEMONS INTO A HERD OF PIGS MATTHEW 8:28-34; MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39; MATTHEW 8:28 And when he was come to the other side
CHAPTER 5 1 _Christ delivereth the possessed of the legion of devils_, 13 _they enter into the swine_. 25 H _e healeth the woman of the bloody issue_, 35 _and raiseth from death Jairus his daughter. _...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 5:1. GADARENES.—_Gerasenes_ is undoubtedly the true reading here, and in Origen’s time it was the prevalent one; “but the copyists, thinking this referred to the w...
EXPOSITION MARK 5:1 AND THEY CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA. The other side of the sea would be the south-east side of the sea. INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES, or rather, _Gerasenes_,_ _which...
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes (Mark 5:1). Now, that is on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. It is the area near the beginning of the Golan...
1 Chronicles 13:12; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Samuel 6:20;...
See (qewrousin). Rev., rightly, behold. For it was more than simple seeing. The verb means looking steadfastly, as one who has an interest in the object, and with a view to search into and understand...
THE WILD MAN OF GADARA Mark 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things we wish to suggest, culled from the opening verses of our Scripture. 1. THE FIRST PHRASE: "THE OTHER SIDE." The opening...
(CF. MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39)— Where were the demoniacs healed? PROBLEM: The first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) each give an account of Jesus healing demoniacs. Matthew states that the pl...