Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Mark 5:6
Verse Mark 5:6. Worshipped him] Did him homage; compelled thereto by the power of God. How humiliating to Satan, thus to be obliged to acknowledge the superiority of Christ!
Verse Mark 5:6. Worshipped him] Did him homage; compelled thereto by the power of God. How humiliating to Satan, thus to be obliged to acknowledge the superiority of Christ!
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...
They came to the other side of the lake, to the territory of the Gerasenes. Immediately Jesus had disembarked from the boat, there met him from the tombs a man in the grip of an unclean spirit. This m...
THE BANISHING OF THE DEMONS (Mark 5:1-13)...
SAW. Greek. _eidon_. App-133. Not the some word as in verses: Mark 5:15; Mark 5:31; Mark 5:38. JESUS. App-98. AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo_. App-101.) afar. RAN. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Ve...
_afar off_ St Mark alone tells us this. While, as a man, he is attracted towards the Holy One; as possessed by the Legion, he desires to withdraw from Him....
ΚΑῚ ἸΔῺΝ ΤῸΝ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν. He had not come out of his dismal shelter because he saw Jesus land, so that his meeting Him (Mark 5:2) was accidental on his part. ἈΠῸ ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ. A pleonasm of which Mk is fond;...
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 HEALED A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN MARK 5:1-9:_ Jesus and his disciples crossed the Sea of Galilee and came to the area of the Gerasenes. This was on the eastern shore of Galilee. As Jesus got out of...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. Temp, или причинное _part._ ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ (G3113) _adv._ издали, ΈΔΡΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΡΈΧΩ (G5143) бежать, ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΈ...
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...
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, BUT WHEN HE SAW JESUS AFAR OFF, HE RAN AND WORSHIPPED HIM - not with the spontaneous alacrity which says to Jesus, "Draw me, we will run...
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...
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...
HE RAN AND WORSHIPPED HIM. — The precise attitude would be that of one who not only knelt but touched the ground with his forehead in token of his suppliant reverence....
V. (1-20) See Notes on Matthew 8:28....
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...
_Meeting with Jesus_. This desperate case will test Christ's power to heal. Madness, as wild and untamable as the wind or the sea. What is going to happen?...
ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, from afar, a relative expression, a favourite pleonasm in Mk. (Mark 14:54; Mark 15:40). προσεκύνησεν : worshipful attitude, as of one who feels already the charm or spell of Him before w...
_The Gerasene Demoniac_ (Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)....
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
(6) But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, (7) And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, _thou_ Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, tha...
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 5:6_Worshipped him _(549) The arrangement of the narrative may be thus stated. When the demoniacs came to meet him, Christ ordered _the unclean spirits to go out of them, _and then they prayed an...
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...
BUT WHEN HE SAW JESUS AFAR OFF,.... For it seems the tombs among which this man dwelt, were at some distance from the sea shore: wherefore when it is said, Mark 5:2, that this man met Jesus, as soon a...
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 8:28 _"_...
_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....
WORSHIPPED HIM; bowed down before him in acknowledgment of his authority and power....
Acknowledging Jesus as the superior:...
BUT WHEN HE SAW JESUS AFAR OFF, HE RAN AND WORSHIPED HIM,...
TITLE: Run to Worship TEXT: Mark 5:1-6 PROPOSITION: Some things require haste. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Activities READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Doctor tells man he should get some exercise - Man:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 5:1...
Mark 5:6 When G1161 saw G1492 (G5631) Jesus G2424 afar G575 G3113 ran G5143 (G5627) and G2532
‘And when he saw Jesus from afar he ran and fell on his knees before Him.' This amplifies ‘met Him' in Mark 5:2 (after the diversion in Mark 5:3). Compare on this Mark 3:11. It may be that his origina...
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 5:6. AND WHEN HE SAW JESUS FROM AFAR. The prominent thought is that he ran from a distance. This running would look like a violent attack, but instead of this, he WORSHIPPED HIM; Luke: ‘fell down...
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....
RAN AND WORSHIPPED (εδραμεν κα προσεκυνησεν). "At first perhaps with hostile intentions. The onrush of the naked yelling maniac must have tried the newly recovered confidence of the Twelve. We can...
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...
_But when he saw Jesus afar off._ THE SINNER’S PLACE Jesus is afar off in the sinner’s apprehension, and the sinner is in very deed far off from God. 1. As to character. What a difference between t...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 5:6 RAN AND FELL DOWN BEFORE Jesus may mean that the demons unwillingly submitted to Jesus’ greater power, or that the man himself longed to be free of the demonic influence, or some...
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...
Acts 16:17; James 2:19; Luke 4:41; Psalms 66:3; Psalms 72:9...
Afar off [α π ο μ α κ ρ ο θ ε ν]. Peculiar to Mark, as is also he ran....
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...