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Mark 5:20
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And hee departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, how great things Iesus had done for him: and all men did marueile.
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.
So the man left and began to tell the people in the Ten Towns about what Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
So he [obeyed and] went away and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten Hellenistic cities] all the great things that Jesus had done for him; and all the people were astonished.
And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.
And he went away and began to preach in the Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was marveling.
So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed.
He went off and began proclaiming in the Ten Towns how much Yeshua had done for him, and everyone was amazed.
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.
So the man left and told the people in the Ten Towns about the great things Jesus did for him. Everyone was amazed.
So he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, what great things Iesus had done vnto him: and all men did marueile.
And he went away, and began to preach in the ten cities about what Jesus had done for him; and they were all surprised.
So the man left and went all through the Ten Towns, telling what Jesus had done for him. And all who heard it were amazed.
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.
And he went and began to proclaim in Decapolis what Jesus did to him. And all marveled.
And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.
And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.
He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Yeshua had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
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And he went, and began to preach in the ten cities what Jeshu had done for him: and all marvelled.
And he went, and began to publish in Decapolis, what Jesus had done for him. And they were all amazed.
And he departed, and beganne to publyshe in the ten cities, howe great thynges Iesus had done for hym: and all men dyd maruayle.
And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
And he departed and published in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for him. And all men marvelled.
So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.
And he wente forth, and bigan to preche in Decapoli, hou grete thingis Jhesus hadde don to hym; and alle men wondriden.
And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him: and all men marveled.
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him. And all [men] wondered.
So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.
So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.
The man went his way and told everyone in the land of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. All the people were surprised and wondered.
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.
And he departed, and began proclaiming, in the Decapolis, how many things Jesus had done for him, - and, all, were marvelling.
And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men wondered.
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decap'olis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.
And he departed and begane to publisshe in ye ten cyties what greate thinges Iesus had done vnto him and all me dyd merveyle.
and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.
And he wente his waye, and beganne to publish in the ten cities how greate benefites Iesus had done for him. And euery man marueyled.
and he departed, and published in Decapolis, what Jesus had done for him: and all were filled with admiration.
So the guy went off and told everyone his story and all who heard it were amazed.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Decapolis: Mark 7:31, Matthew 4:25
Reciprocal: Luke 8:38 - saying Acts 10:24 - and had
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis,.... He submitted to the will of Christ, though he could gladly have gone with him; he hearkened to his instructions, took his advice, and obeyed his commands, as every one that has received favours from him ought to do and he went not only to his own, or his father's house, and acquainted his nearest friends and relations with what had befallen him, but he published the account, as Luke says, Luke 8:39, throughout the whole city, very likely of Gadara, where he might be a native; and which, as Pliny l relates, was in Decapolis, and agrees with the accounts of both the evangelists: here he published, as Christ had ordered him,
how great things Jesus had done for him: only instead of saying the Lord had done them, for him, he attributed them to Jesus, who: is Lord and God; and by that miracle, as by many others, gave full proof of his deity, as well, as Messiahship. This is an instance of the obedience of faith, and is a considerable branch of it; for, as with the heart, men believe in Christ unto righteousness, so, with the mouth, confession must be made to the glory of that salvation which Christ has wrought out: many are backward to this part of the service of faith, through fears, through unbelief, and Satan's temptations; but this man, though to have continued with Christ was greatly desirable by him, yet he submits to his will and pleasure, and is obedient to his orders; and that at once, immediately dropping his suit: unto him, no longer insisting on his being with him; for he was sensible of the great obligations he was laid under to him, and saw it to be his duty to observe whatever he commanded him: and this was indeed but a reasonable, piece of service, and what if he had not been ordered to do, one would think he could not have done otherwise; at least, had he not, he would not have acted the grateful and generous part: and indeed, if such for whom the Lord has done great things as these, should hold their peace, the stones would even cry out.
And all men did marvel; at the power of Jesus, at the miracle wrought by him, and the benefit the man had received, who they all knew had been in so deplorable a condition. It is not only marvellous to the persons themselves, for whom great things are done by the Lord; but it is amazing to others, to angels and men, when it is considered who they are, on whose account they are wrought; great sinners, very unworthy of such high favours, yea, deserving of the wrath of God, and of eternal damnation; and likewise, who it is that has done these things for them, the Lord of heaven and earth; he against whom they have sinned, and is able both to save, and to destroy; he who is the great God, is their Saviour; to which may be added, the consequence of these things, they issue in everlasting glory and happiness.
l Nat. Hist. 5. c. 19.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34.
Mark 5:4
He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson (âThe Land and the Book,â vol. i. p. 213) says respecting this case: âThere are some very similar at the present day - furious and dangerous maniacs, who wander about the mountains, and sleep in tombs and caves. In their worst paroxysms they are quite unmanageable and prodigiously strong.â Luke 8:27 says of him that âhe were no clothes,â or that he was naked, which is also implied in the account in Mark, who tells us that after he was healed he was found âclothed and in his right mind,â Mark 4:15. This is often a striking characteristic of insanity. Dr. Pritchard (on âInsanity,â p. 26) quotes from an Italian physicianâs description of raving madness or mania: âA striking and characteristic circumstance is the propensity to go quite naked. The patient tears his clothes to tatters.â So Dr. Thomson (âThe Land and the Book,â vol. i. p. 213) says: âIt is one of the most common traits in this madness that the victims refuse to wear clothes. I have often seen them absolutely naked in the crowded streets of Beirut and Sidon. There are also cases in which they run wildly about the country and frighten the whole neighborhood. These poor wretches are held in the greatest reverence by Muslims, who, through some monstrous perversion of ideas, believe them to be inspired and peculiarly holy.â
Mark 5:5
Cutting himself with stones - These are all marks of a madman - a man bereft of reason, a wretched outcast, strong and dangerous. The inspired penman says that this madness was caused by an unclean spirit, or by his being under the influence of a devil. That this account is not irrational, see the notes at Matthew 4:24.
Mark 5:6
Worshipped him - Bowed down before him; rendered him homage. This was an acknowledgment of his power, and of his control over fallen spirits.
Mark 5:9
My name is Legion - See the notes at Matthew 8:29.
Mark 5:15
Sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind - There could be no doubt of the reality of this miracle. The man had been well known. He had long dwelt among the tombs, an object of terror and alarm. To see him all at once peaceful, calm, and rational, was proof that it was the power of God only that had done it.
They were afraid - They were awed, as in the presence of God. The word does not mean here that they feared that any evil would happen to them, but that they were affected with awe; they felt that God was there; they were struck with astonishment at what Jesus had done.
Mark 5:19
Jesus suffered him not - Various reasons have been conjectured why Jesus did not suffer this man to go with him. It might have been that he wished to leave him among the people as a conclusive evidence of his power to work miracles. Or it might have been that the man feared that if Jesus left him the devils would return, and that Jesus told him to remain to show to him that the cure was complete, and that he had power over the devils when absent as well as when present. But the probable reason is, that he desired to restore him to his family and friends. Jesus was unwilling to delay the joy of his friends, and to prolong their anxiety by suffering him to remain away from them.
Mark 5:20
In Decapolis - See the notes at Matthew 4:25.
How great things ... - This was the natural expression of right feeling at being cured of such a calamity. So the desire of sinners freed from sin is to honor Jesus, and to invite the world to participate in the same salvation, and to join them in doing honor to the Son of God. Compare Psalms 66:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. Decapolis — Matthew 4:25; Matthew 4:25.
