Mark 5:8

Lexham English Bible

(For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean

King James Version (1611)
(For he said vnto him, Come out of the man, thou vncleane spirit.)

King James Version
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

English Standard Version
For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

New American Standard Bible
For He had already been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

New Century Version
He said this because Jesus was saying to him, "You evil spirit, come out of the man."

Amplified Bible
For Jesus had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Legacy Standard Bible
For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Berean Standard Bible
For Jesus had already declared, "Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!"

Contemporary English Version
The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him.

Complete Jewish Bible
For Yeshua had already begun saying to him, "Unclean spirit, come out of this man!"

Darby Translation
For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.

Geneva Bible (1587)
(For hee saide vnto him, Come out of the man, thou vncleane spirit.)

George Lamsa Translation
For he said to him, Get out of the man, O you unclean spirit.

Good News Translation
(He said this because Jesus was saying, "Evil spirit, come out of this man!")

Literal Translation
For He said to him, Unclean spirit, come out of the man!

American Standard Version
For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.

Bible in Basic English
For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

Hebrew Names Version
For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
For he had said to him, Come forth from the man, unclean spirit !

Murdock Translation
For he had said to him: Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(For he sayde vnto hym: come out of the man thou foule spirite.)

English Revised Version
For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.

World English Bible
For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(For he had said to him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.)

Weymouth's New Testament
For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou vnclene spirit, go out fro the man.

Update Bible Version
For he said to him, Come forth, you unclean spirit, out of the man.

Webster's Bible Translation
(For he said to him, Come out of the man, [thou] unclean spirit.)

New English Translation
(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

New King James Version
For He said to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!"

New Living Translation
For Jesus had already said to the spirit, "Come out of the man, you evil spirit."

New Life Bible
At the same time, Jesus was saying, "Come out of the man, you demon!"

New Revised Standard
For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For he was saying to him - Go forth thou impure spirit, out of the man;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

Revised Standard Version
For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he had sayd vnto hym: come out of the man thou fowle sprete.

Young's Literal Translation
(for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Go out of the man thou foule sprete.

Mace New Testament (1729)
(for Jesus had said to him, "come out of the man, thou impure spirit.")

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus had already told the spirit to light out.

Contextual Overview

¹ And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. ² And as he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him, ³ who lived among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain, ⁴ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵ And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ And when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. ⁷ And crying out with a loud voice he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!" ⁸ (For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!") ⁹ And he was asking him "What is your name?" And he said to him, "My name is Legion, because we are many." ¹⁰ And he was imploring him many times that he would not send them out of the region.

Bible Verse Review
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Mark 1:25, Mark 9:25, Mark 9:26, Acts 16:18

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:16 - and he Matthew 17:18 - rebuked Mark 5:2 - with Luke 8:29 - commanded

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he said unto him,.... Or he had said unto him, as soon as he came up to him, and fell before him; even before he had confessed, and adjured him; and which indeed drew out the confession from him, that he was superior to him, and therefore became his supplicant:

come out of the man, thou unclean spirit; which was said with so much authority and power, that there was no withstanding it: the devil knew he was not a match for him; that he must, at his command, quit his possession, and therefore fell to confession and entreaty. Christ will not dwell where Satan does; when therefore he is about to take up his residence in the hearts of any, he outs with Satan; he binds the strong man armed, and dispossesses him; he causes the spirit of uncleanness to depart; he sanctifies the heart by his grace and Spirit, and so makes it a proper habitation for him to dwell in by faith; and this is done by mighty power: a man cannot deliver himself out of the hands of Satan, or cause him to quit his hold of him, or the unclean spirit to depart; nor can he sanctify and cleanse himself, and make himself meet for the master's use: this is all owing to efficacious grace.

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 (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 213) says respecting this case: “There 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.” Luke 8:27 says of him that “he were no clothes,” 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 “clothed and in his right mind,” Mark 4:15. This is often a striking characteristic of insanity. Dr. Pritchard (on “Insanity,” p. 26) quotes from an Italian physician’s description of raving madness or mania: “A striking and characteristic circumstance is the propensity to go quite naked. The patient tears his clothes to tatters.” So Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 213) says: “It 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.”

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.