Full Commentary
Open the full commentary units for this chapter:
New Testament
NET Bible® Scripture text without NET Bible notes. Verse anchors allow direct linking to exact verses.
Mark 5:11So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:26-39Matt 8:28-34Mark 4:35
Mark 5:22Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:23Isa 65:4Mark 5:8Luke 9:42Luke 8:27Mark 1:26Mark 3:30Mark 4:1Mark 7:25
Mark 5:33He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:4Luke 8:29Dan 4:32-33Mark 9:18-22
Mark 5:44For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:7-8
Mark 5:55Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:28Job 2:7-8John 8:44
Mark 5:66When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 2:19Ps 66:3Luke 4:41Ps 72:9Acts 16:17
Mark 5:77Then he cried out with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God —do not torment me!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:29Acts 16:17Jude 1:6Matt 26:63Acts 19:13Luke 8:28Mark 3:11Matt 4:3Rev 12:121 John 3:8
Mark 5:88(For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:18Mark 1:25Mark 9:25-26
Mark 5:99Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:30Mark 5:15Matt 26:53Luke 11:21-26Matt 12:45
Mark 5:1010He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 3:22Mark 5:13
Mark 5:1111There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 14:8Isa 65:4Isa 66:3Lev 11:7-8Luke 8:32Matt 8:30
Mark 5:1212And the demonic spirits begged him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:82 Cor 2:11Job 1:10-12Luke 22:31-32Job 2:5
Mark 5:1313Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about 2,000 were drowned in the lake.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:221 Pet 3:22Job 2:6John 8:44Matt 8:32Job 1:12Rev 13:5-7Rev 20:7Rev 9:11
Mark 5:1414Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:34Matt 8:33
Mark 5:1515They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind—the one who had the “Legion”—and they were afraid.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:132 Tim 1:71 Sam 6:20-211 Sam 16:4Isa 49:24-25Luke 8:27Mark 5:91 Chr 15:13Job 13:11Luke 10:39
Mark 5:1616Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 5:1717Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:34Mark 1:24Luke 8:37Acts 16:39Gen 26:16Job 21:14-15Luke 5:8Mark 5:71 Kgs 17:18Deut 5:25
Mark 5:1818As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:38-39Phil 1:23-24Mark 5:17Luke 23:42-43Mark 5:7Ps 116:12Luke 17:15-17
Mark 5:1919But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 66:16John 4:29Dan 4:1-3Dan 6:25-27Isa 38:9-20Acts 22:1-21Acts 26:4-29Dan 4:37Jonah 2:1-10
Mark 5:2020So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 7:31Matt 4:25
Mark 5:2121When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:1Mark 4:1Luke 8:40
Mark 5:2222Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:14Acts 13:15Acts 18:17Acts 18:8Mark 5:35-36Luke 5:8Mark 5:33Matt 9:18-26Luke 8:28Luke 8:41-56
Mark 5:2323He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:13Luke 4:40Mark 16:18Acts 28:82 Kgs 5:112 Sam 12:15-16Jas 5:14-15Luke 4:38Mark 7:32Mark 8:23
Mark 5:2424Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:31Luke 7:6Mark 3:20Mark 3:9-10Acts 10:38Luke 12:1Luke 19:3Luke 8:42Luke 8:45
Mark 5:2525Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 15:25-27Luke 8:43-44Matt 9:20-22Lev 15:19-20John 5:5-6Luke 13:11Acts 4:22Acts 9:33-34
Mark 5:2626She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 30:12-13Jer 8:22Job 13:4Ps 108:12Jer 51:8
Mark 5:2727When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:12Acts 5:15Matt 14:36Mark 6:562 Kgs 13:21
Mark 5:2828for she kept saying, “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 5:2929At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:34Mark 3:10Ps 103:3Ps 30:2Exod 15:26Ps 107:20Ps 147:31 Kgs 8:37Job 33:24-25Lev 20:18
Mark 5:3030Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:19Luke 8:46Luke 5:171 Pet 2:9
Mark 5:3131His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:45Luke 9:12
Mark 5:3232But he looked around to see who had done it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 5:3333Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:47Luke 1:12Luke 1:29Mark 4:41Ps 103:2-5Ps 116:12-14Ps 30:2Ps 66:16
Mark 5:3434He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:48Matt 9:22Luke 7:50Luke 18:42Mark 5:29Acts 14:9Luke 17:19Mark 10:52Matt 9:22 Kgs 5:19
Mark 5:3535While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 11:39Luke 8:49John 11:28John 5:25Luke 7:6-7Mark 10:17Mark 5:22John 11:21John 11:25John 11:32
Mark 5:3636But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:50Matt 9:28-29John 11:40Mark 9:23Rom 4:18-24Mark 5:34John 4:48-502 Chr 20:20Matt 17:20
Mark 5:3737He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:40Mark 14:332 Cor 13:1Mark 9:2Luke 8:51
Mark 5:3838They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:52-53Matt 9:23-24Acts 9:39Jer 9:17-20Mark 5:22Matt 11:17
Mark 5:3939When he entered he said to them, “Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:101 Thess 5:101 Cor 11:301 Thess 4:13-14Dan 12:2John 11:11-13
Mark 5:4040And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:192 Kgs 4:33Acts 17:32Gen 19:14Job 12:4Luke 16:14Luke 8:53-54Matt 7:6Matt 9:24-25Ps 123:3-4
Mark 5:4141Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:31Luke 7:14-15John 5:28-29Luke 8:54-55Acts 9:40-41Phil 3:21Gen 1:3John 11:43-44Ps 33:9Rom 4:17
Mark 5:4242The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:10-13Mark 1:27Mark 4:41Mark 6:51Mark 7:37
Mark 5:4343He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:4Mark 7:36Mark 1:43Matt 9:30John 5:41Luke 5:14Luke 8:56Mark 3:12Matt 12:16-18Matt 17:9
Open the full commentary units for this chapter:
Open the lite commentary units for this chapter:
Open the simple commentary units for this chapter:
Read the book-level overview and orientation.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NET) are from the NET Bible® copyright ©1996, 2019 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved.