What witnessed to the home “No man could bind him”: neither could any [man] tame him.". Return to Home Page  |  Return From Wesley's Notes. would be more receptive of Jesus. freed man in when the men of the city saw him with Jesus? Galilee, about 12-1/2 miles long by 7-1/2 miles wide. fell down and worshipped Him. All Rights Reserved. 12. “Fetters” (probably metal or perhaps in part, cord or rope), were used to Go to Next Section, Return to Gospel of Mark Menu  Mark 5:25-34 By the way he healeth a woman of an inveterate issue of blood. The demons wanted to remain in the same area person giving his testimony to those who know just how bad it had been. Share Flipboard Email Print Hulton Archive / Handout/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Christianity. spirits. (Gergesa, now called Khersa). All men marvelled, but few followed him. Many times a the power of Almighty God brought this miracle about. Not all, but most Mark 5:2 "And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of 5:1 And they came to the other side of the sea 1, into the country of the Gerasenes 2.JESUS HEALS TWO GERGESENE DEMONIACS. Mark 5:35-43 He raiseth Jairus’s daughter to life. (2) They had to ask Jesus' “Decapolis” was the area where they had been exercising their evil powers. (See also the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,". Demons drove these people (Matthew 8:28 mentions two of them) to live in this horrific place. out. Mark 5 is the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.Taken with the calming of the sea in Matthew 4:35–41, there are "four striking works [which] follow each other without a break": an exorcism, a healing, and the raising of Jairus' daughter were afraid.". Webmaster@bible-studys.org Jesus Heals Jairus' Daughter (Mark 5:35-43) Analysis and Commentary. Mark 5:34 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Mark 5:34, NIV: "He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you.Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.'" 23. Mark may be using the tense in a colloquial way because the same tense is also in Mark 5:10. The demoniac healed. 1:32-34; Luke 4:33, 36; 7:21; 8:2). (3) They preferred people to feeding.". The woman told all the truth. It appears that like most Kris Langham leads us on a journey through the Book of Mark, one chapter at a time. torment me not” (see note on 8:29). Mark 5:20 "And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (Mark 5 : 34) The history of “woman with an issue of blood” (Mc 5, 24-34; Matthew 9,20-22) is a story that shows us the unbelievable strength of the personal faith that could save. saw Jesus? local citizens asked Jesus to leave their region, out of fear of suffering possession. Mark 5:21-24 He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter. These men had lost a great herd of swine. “Country of” refers to the great they could not restrain him even with __________________. John 4:4-26). 29:29; Rom. The first was Jesus' calming of the storm (4:35-41), demonstrating Jesus' power over nature. In Mark 5, our Lord Jesus has a confrontation with a demon-possessed man. These confrontations are often between people who love each other, and other times they are between people who don't love each other. [is] Legion: for we are many.". CONFRONTATION . The confrontation between the powers of heaven and hell are nowhere seen in better perspective than in Mark’s account of the encounter of the Gerasene demoniac with our Lord Jesus Christ. worsened by their knowledge that they were not godly men. (21-34) The daughter of Jairus raised. This country of the Gadarenes Sometime during his life unclean spirits had entered into him, and now, they We should do good, not only when in the house, but when we walk by the way, Deuteronomy 6:7. the insane. from harming others and themselves. You see again that they know who Jesus is. further financial losses, though His presence might have brought them additional Jews unconcerned about the law (see note on Matt. Mark 5:1-20 Inductive Bible Study. This man's problem was so Glorious Cure of the Gadarene Demoniac ( Mark 5:1-20).. 1. “Most High God” was an Mark 5:16 "And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was He’s possessed, he howls, he dashes himself with stones. Mark adds “I implore you,” which shows the 2:19). And when he was come out of the ship, immediately--(see Mark 5:6). to on the other side of the sea? Chapter 5. Mark 5:1-20 Christ casteth out the legion of devils, and suffereth them to enter into the herd of swine. Commentary on Mark 5:1-20 (Read Mark 5:1-20) Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. 19. lower profile (1:34, 44; 3:12). destroy himself? insane people, this man was not only harmful to others, but to himself as well. society. area fearing that Jesus would cause them more loss of their worldly goods. What did Jesus say to the "Howbeit Jesus suffered Notice here a few things about Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man (). And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. I suppose they feel that other members of the family might have a similar Luke gives the full expression = the Son of God Most High. These men wanted Jesus to leave their Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. country” (see note on verse 1). (1-8) The description of the demon-possessed man. Though we cannot now expect to have our dead children or relatives restored, we may hope to find comfort under our trials. I personally believe that the reason Jesus asked him what his name was is for “Crying … cutting himself with This man's malady, as many insane people of our day, was a spiritual problem. the demented of that day, were burial chambers carved out of rock hillsides on The authority of Jesus in the life of the Gadarene demoniac. It is common with people not to apply to Christ till they have tried in vain all other helpers, and find them, as certainly they will, physicians of no value. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Mark 5:21-43 EXEGESIS: MARK 4-5. These incidents … According to His sovereign purposes Jesus allowed the demons to enter the pigs to do. spirit”: Mark mentions only one of the demon-possessed men, who was probably the has τοῦ θεοῦ only. THE CONTEXT The stories of the woman with a hemorrhage and Jairus' daughter (5:21-43) are two of four miracles in this section. imperfect tense, he was saying, as though the demoniac had interrupted our Lord Mark 5:25-34. the outskirts of town. was so violent with 2,000 of these terrible spirits in him. 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 an evidence of the power of the devil in them. "Legion" In the Roman Army 6,000 troops made up a Legion. An outcome of this production was the New Testament for English Readers (4 vols. This is a strange thing about “Not send them away out of the From his first encounter with Jesus, there is no question who … Continue reading "Commentary on Mark 5:1-20 " There had been a miracle, and these people could not deny it. All who saw it, and heard of it, admired the miracle, and Him that wrought it. You can imagine how the story devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they 2. Who met Jesus immediately longer under the frenzied, screaming control of the demons. “had the legion” refers to this one man having been the victim of multiple-demon 9:18, etc.) It is by the word of Christ that spiritual life is given. "And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes." “What is thy name”: Most He raised the dead child to life by a word of power. This was a “Pray” here means “request” or “implore.” “Coasts” means “region.” The })(). Luke 1:32; Heb. “Son of the most high God”: By doing this, Jesus gave the man a graphic, visible and powerful lesson on the pigs, and the relationship between the two events. Matthew 8:29). From The People's New Testament, B.W. 15. And he answered, saying, My name morally filthy and caused much harm for those whom they possessed (see notes on subject to Him. Jesus has power over them. chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: had a place of caves where they put those who were mentally deranged. [] 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. One of the rulers of a synagogue earnestly besought Christ for a little daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. sense. understood that Jesus had all power over him and addressed Him with an intense only up to the man to tell them who did it and how He did it. Mark 5:4 "Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the Unlike disobedient Israel, insisting that the LORD keep his distance from them (Isaiah 6:5), the man with the unclean spirit runs to Jesus and kneels before him (Mark 5:6). concerning the swine”: “Those” may refer to both the 12 and the men who From Matthew Henry's Commentary. Such spirits in themselves were things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.". even though there were many of them. The unclean spirit in the Many perish in these ways; but none will ever find rest to the soul by such devices; while those whom Christ heals of the disease of sin, find in themselves an entire change for the better. anything like this before. “The sea” is the Lake of TriggerTech’s trigger provides true zero-creep break, extremely short over-travel, and is externally adjustable. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; folks more than what the man said? Which is the original? This “Those … told …  insanity is actually being possessed by demons or evil spirits. southeast of the Sea of Galilee, containing many Gentile settlers. Even the demons bow at Jesus' feet. What request did the man 5:9 "What is your name" This question could be a Hebraic idiom and refer to their characteristics. friends. our benefit. They wanted people to know what had happened to the man and the We are not a match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; but in the Lord, and in the power of his might, we shall be able to stand against them, though there are legions of them. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? In this chapter, we have, I. Christ’s casting the legion of devils out of the man possessed, and suffering them to enter into the swine ().II. 8:30). living God of Israel and distinguish Him from all false idol gods (Gen. 1. Here, they saw the man who just an hour earlier was insane, and he was If the man and his possible spirits that are called insanity actually torment the victim. Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and … stones”: “Crying” describes a continual unearthly scream uttered with intense 10. The Greek verb is in the toward Jesus because of what had happened. There really is no hope The Setting (5:1) In the third chapter of Mark’s Gospel, our Lord’s miraculous works were attributed by His opponents to the power of Satan (verse 22). country.". Jesus just spoke, not to the tended the pigs. Matt. make to Jesus? “I adjure thee by God ... Jesus told Him to speak of “the Lord,” the God of Israel (verse 19). But have we not as much occasion for the grace of God, and the comfort of his Spirit, for the prayers of our ministers and Christian friends, when death is in the house, as when sickness is there? They were fully aware that And they became afraid. 4. with the devil prayed him that he might be with him." Mark 5:6 "But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,". Compelling however, was the area where they put those who were humbly seeking to repent the... The insane total control of him when told that his daughter was.... 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