Mark 5:16

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
saw	ἰδόντες idontes	G1492	used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
told	διηγήσαντο diēgēsanto	G1334	to relate fully · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
them	αὐτοῖς autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
how	πῶς pōs	G4459	an interrogative particle of manner · particle — interrogative
devil	δαιμονιζομένῳ daimonizomenō	G1139	to be exercised by a dæmon · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, dative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
concerning	περὶ peri	G4012	properly · preposition
swine	χοίρων. choirōn	G5519	a hog · noun — genitive plural masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:1-20

We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. This he did when he was come to the other side, whither he went through a storm; his business there was to rescue this poor creature out of the hands of Satan, and when he had done that, he returned. Thus he came from heaven to earth, and returned, in a storm, to redeem a remnant of mankind out of the hands of the devil, though but a little remnant, and did not think his pains ill bestowed. In Matthew, they were said to be two possessed with devils; here it is said to be a man possessed with an unclean spirit. If there were two, there wa…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 5:15

That - had the legion - This is omitted by D, and two others, Ethiopic, Persic, Vulgate, and all the Itala but one. Mill, Bengel, and Griesbach, think it should be omitted.

John Gill on Mark 5:16

And they that saw it,.... Not the keepers of the swine, for they were fled and gone; but others that were eyewitnesses of the whole affair, who lived in houses hard by, or were working in the fields; or the disciples of Christ: told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil; gave a particular account, how, upon first sight of Christ, he ran to meet him, and fell down and worshipped him; how Christ ordered the unclean spirit to come out of him; and how he was dispossessed of a legion of devils by a word speaking: and also concerning the swine; how, at the request of the devils, and by the leave of Christ, they entered into them; upon which they ran mad; and betaking themse…

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John Calvin on Mark 5:1-21

Mark 5:1-20 Matthew 8:28-34 Mark 5:1-20 Luke 8:26-39 28. And when he had come to the opposite bank, [542] into the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs, who had come from among the tombs, met him: and they were fierce beyond measure, so that no man could pass along that road. 29. And, lo, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither before the time to torment us? 30. And at a distance from them there was a herd of many swine feeding. 31. And the devils entreated him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to remove into the herd of swine. 32. And he said to them, Go. And when they had gone out, they went away into the heard of swine.…

The Church Fathers

This miracle then they find out partly by sight, partly by words; wherefore there follows: And they that saw it told them.
— Titus of Bostra ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the…
Devil — (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man’s spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also “the accuser of the brethen” (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word “devil” is…
Gergesa — =Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, “over against Galilee,” close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. “From the base of the great plateau of Bashan,…
Demons · 8:28-34; — 8:28-34;
Gadarenes · Jesus visits and works miracles among, but is rejected — Jesus visits and works miracles among, but is rejected
Testimony · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:1-20

Adam Clarke on Mark 5:15

John Gill on Mark 5:16

John Calvin on Mark 5:1-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:1-20

Adam Clarke on Mark 5:15

John Gill on Mark 5:16

John Calvin on Mark 5:1-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 5:15-16