Mark 5:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:1-20

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 something never doubted anywhere in the Bible. It is not constantly stressed, but there is the clear indication of evil power at work behind the scenes from Genesis 3:0 onwards, right through to Revelation. And that Jesus Himself believed in Satan the Adversary (the Devil, the Accuser) there can be no... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:1-43

SECTION 3. Jesus’ Ministry Throughout Galilee and In The Surrounding Regions (4:35-9:32). After the initial opening up of the story of Jesus with its continual emphasis on His unique authority, Who He was and what He had come to do (Mark 4:1-3), and the series of parables which have indicated how the Kingly Rule of God was to expand (Mark 4:1-34), Mark now indicates how this expansion continued to occur through the ministry of Jesus in Galilee and the surrounding regions. At the same time he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 5:1-43

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.’ s narrative. These stories have clearly been often told, and the evangelist delights to tell them. They seem to rest on unmistakable history. Thus the reference to the other little boats ( Mark 4:36) reproduces an insignificant detail that naturally remained in the memory of an eye-witness (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 5:1-20

This famous piece of history hath the testimony of three evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. We meeting with it in Matthew, did not only largely open what passages Matthew hath about it, but what both Mark and Luke have. See Poole on "Matthew 8:28", and following verses to Matthew 8:34. We shall only annex here some short notes. Interpreters judge the country of the Gergesenes, and of the Gadarenes mentioned here, to have been the same, sometimes receiving the denomination from one city,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 5:1-20

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 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 well-known Gerasa in Gilead, and knowing that the miracle could not have occurred there, at a distance of twenty miles from the Sea of Galilee, altered it to ‘Gadarenes,’ since at Gadara there were the ‘tombs,’ and other particulars of the miracle, and it might easily be supposed that the whole district... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 5:18-21

Mark 5:18-21 I. The recollection of our Christless state should beget a spirit of distrust in ourselves. The healed man was naturally anxious to remain at the side of his healer. II. We see here the possibility of being under the protection of Christ even though far from His physical presence. The healed man was as surely under the care of Christ when miles away as when within reach of His hand. Christ always pointed towards a spiritual reign, and both incidentally and directly discouraged... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 5:17-19

Christ's Curate In Decapolis April 27th, 1890 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, God home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."-- Mark 5:17-19 . That is a striking name for a man, "he that had been... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 5:19

Going Home--A Christmas Sermon December 21, 1856 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."- Mark 5:19 . The case of the man here referred to is a very extraordinary one: it occupies a place among the memorabilia of Christ's life, perhaps as high as anything which is recorded by either of the evangelists. This poor wretch being possessed with a legion of evil spirits had been driven to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1-43

Chapter 5And 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 Heights and Gilead. The area when Moses was bringing the people toward the land for their conquest, they had passed over the other side of the Jordan and had gone up in the area through Moab, and up to the area of the Ammonites and all, which was this area to the east of the Sea of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 5:1-43

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. Mark 5:36 . Be not afraid, only believe, for there was no fear of the ruler’s faith exceeding the power of God. Faith should always enlarge itself to the full extent of the promises. Mark 5:37 . He suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother. The mourners were not... read more

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