Mark 5:20. Share with your people what God has done for you. But with all this-the malignity of their nature nothing abated-they ask permission, if they must quit the higher victim, to take possession of victims of another kind, thereby to gain the same end on even a larger scale and to more fatal purpose. I believe in you. Mark 5:20 NIV • Mark 5:20 NLT • Mark 5:20 ESV • Mark 5:20 NASB • Mark 5:20 KJV • Mark 5:20 Interlinear • Mark 5:20 Commentaries • Mark 5:20 Parallel Texts • Mark 5:20 Bible Apps • Mark 5:20 Parallel • Bible Hub But who is that who, descrying Him from a distance as He steps ashore, runs to Him, as if eager to embrace Him? II. Mark 5:20 See on Matthew 4:25. The Decapolis was a league of10 Greek cities all but one of which stood on the east side of the lake. Their faith as yet was but as a grain of mustard seed. The Gerasene Demoniac becomes a Soul Winner. 17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 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. So deep is that sleep, that neither howling winds nor dashing waves break in upon it; and in this profound repose the disciples find Him, when in their extremity they come to Him for help. The authority of Jesus in the life of the Gadarene demoniac. Then their instant obedience, the perfect liberation of the poor demoniac, and the rage and rout with which they rushed upon the creatures they had selected to destroy-all at the word of this Man, newly arrived on the shores of Gadara! view the PowerPoint. The region (of ten cities east of the Jordan) of which this immediate district formed a part. What a picture of innocent humanity! The *scribes had seen all the good things that Jesus had done. (3) Is it so? 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–37 they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. Decapolis; or the land of the ten cities; a country lying east of the river Jordan, but including also Scythopolis and its territory on the western side. It is a deadly struggle between Heaven and Hell for the possession of man. Why were they so fearful? He wakens up at their call; and He who but a moment before was in profound unconsciousness, under the care of His Father, looks around Him and just gives the word of command, and the raging elements are hushed into an immediate calm. There they confront a demon-possessed man who lives in caves nearby, caves that once served as tombs. Now viewing scripture range from the book of Mark chapter 5:1 through chapter 5:20... Mark Chapter 5. This sleeping and waking Man, it seems, is the Lord of nature. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. III. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,. (1) Nowhere, perhaps, in all the Gospel history does the true humanity and proper divinity of the one Lord Jesus Christ come out in sharper, brighter, and, if we might so say, more pre-Raphaelite outline than in this section. (5) As Christ took those wretched Gadarenes at their word, when they besought Him to depart out of their coasts, so it is to be feared He still does to not a few who, when He comes to them in mercy, bid Him away. ], "The stilling of the storm and the healing of the demonized were manifestations of the absolute power inherent in Christ; the recovery of the woman and the raising of Jairus" daughter, evidence of the absolute efficacy of faith. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Mark 5:21-43 EXEGESIS: MARK 4-5. Mark here stated that the demons entered the swine, and there is no reason for dissociating their immediate destruction from that evident cause of it. ], The raising of Jairus" daughter and the healing of a woman with a hemorrhage5:21-43 (cf. But this display of power and majesty divine was crowned and irradiated by the grace which brought the grateful captive, now set free, to the feet of his Deliverer. Demons, in frightful number, yet all marshalled obediently under one master-spirit, combine to inflict upon their victim all the evil he seems capable of suffering, in mind and in body. 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. "The stilling of the storm and the healing of the demonized were manifestations of the absolute power inherent in Christ; the recovery of the woman and the raising of Jairus" daughter, evidence of the absolute efficacy of faith." ), How great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. Then, O the blessedness of being delivered from the power of darkness, and "translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son"! They were but training. Momentary wonder at least ( ), perhaps not much more. About one half. 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. Mark 5:20 Context. Only, since demoniacal possession deprives its victims of their personal consciousness, rational considerations are not in the least instrumental to their deliverance, which must come by a sheer act of divine power, whereas the soul is rescued from the tyranny of Satan by the eyes of the understanding being divinely opened to see its wretched condition and descry the remedy, and the heart being drawn willingly to embrace it. Verses 1–20 We have here an instance of Christ’s dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. The first was Jesus' calming of the storm (4:35-41), demonstrating Jesus' power over nature. read the sermon. One of these towns was Gergesa. or - "with Christ in the vessel" - could they? IV. "And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes." His message was his own experience: how great things Jesus had done for him, which he understood to be the same as ‘how great things the Lord hath done for thee.’ Our Lord was not altogether unknown in this region, but His personal ministry did not extend further than this visit and another through the northern part of Decapolis (chap. In response, the local villagers beg Jesus to leave, and Jesus obliges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. 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). 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. [Note: Guelich, p289. Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. [Note: Edersheim, 1:616.]. Mark 3:7-12 Crowds Come to See Jesus Performing Miracles. In Decapolis. Mark 3:1-6 Jesus Healing of The Man With The Witherd Hand. Mark 5:20. ἤρξατο] a graphic delineation from the starting-point. Mark 2:23-28 Jesus Plucks Grain on The Sabbath. 2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an # Mark 1:23; 7:25; (Rev. поÑÑнение к ÐÑ.4:25). For the same reason, human comfort, in any the least and lowest of its forms, they will never leave, if they can take it away. Commentary on Mark 5:1-20 (Read Mark 5:1-20) Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. Thank you, Lord, for another day; it is another opportunity to deepen my love and friendship with you. Ere they are made to quit their hold, they are forced to tell their number, and while uttering a reluctant testimony to the glory of their destined Tormentor whom they see before them, they are constrained to avow that they have not a spark of sympathy with Him, and utter forth their dread of Him, as if the day of their final doom had come. I have stilled this tempest with a word: Doth that amaze you? (2) Observe the complicated evil which the powers of darkness inflicted on their victim. The Gerasene demoniac, v1-20: i] Mark's account of Jesus' meeting with the demon-possessed man, v1-5. (Mark 5:1-20) Bible-believing Christians have always accepted the … Mark 5:17 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Mark 5:17, NIV: "Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region." People marveled at the man"s testimony. 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. 'What aileth you?' The first one to preach Christ in that area, could testify to his power. They push off, accordingly, for the eastern side; but have not gone very far when one of those storms to which the lake is subject, but of more than usual violence, arises; and the fishermen, who knew well the element they were on, expecting that their little wherry would upset and send them to the bottom, hasten to their Master. The healed man became a preacher, not only where Christ had been rejected but where He had not gone. The healed man became a preacher, not only where Christ had been rejected but where He had not gone. Here is a great difficulty in the eyes of some; but it is a difficulty founded on prior disbelief of demon-possession and the power of the incarnate God in Christ. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. The demons beseeching Jesus through the manâs voice. Mark 5 - And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. Thank you for your loving presence within me. However all three synoptic evangelists recorded the events in the same order, so perhaps they occurred in this sequence. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain. What was the effect of his mission in that Greek world? 24 So Jesus went with him. The sequence of this event is a little difficult to precisely place. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all. One enjoyed the center of community life, the other lived on the margins. In this case the delay caused by the healing of the woman created a greater problem that Jesus overcame easily. Mark 5:17, NASB: "And they began to implore Him to leave their region." Also found in Matthew 12:46-50 and Mark 3:31-35 (see notes). What a spectacle was that, on which the eye of all heaven might have rested with wonder-the wild creature, "driven of the devil into the wilderness," whom no man could tame, "sitting at the feet of Jesus;" the man who walked naked, and was not ashamed-like our first parents in Paradise, but, ah! [Note: Cf. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. ", [Note: Cf. It was a confederacy going back to Alexander the Great. 2) Gospel Reading - Mark 5: 1-20. He said that ‘they call evil things good, and they call good things evil’ (Isaiah 5:20). Perhaps some of them did. What a spectacle is this! See on Matthew 4:25. 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. The men marvel, but He does not. This account of a double miracle further revealed Jesus" identity to His disciples. He is walking among His own works, and in commanding them He is breathing His proper element. They deprived him of the exercise of his rational powers; they so lashed his spirit that he could not suffer even a garment upon his body, but went naked, and could not endure the sight of living men and social comfort, but dwelt among the tombs, as if the sepulchral gloom had a mysterious congeniality with the wretchedness of his spirit; they allowed him not a moment's repose even there, because "always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying" - his ceaseless misery venting itself in wild wailing cries; nay, so intolerable was his mental torture, that he "kept cutting himself with stones!" Human reason they cannot abide, because it is a light shining full upon their own darkness. The region (of ten cities east of the Jordan) of which this immediate district formed a part. The man, however, wants to follow. 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. But He shall do a thing now that will help it forward. Κηρύσσειν, to publish) So they [the people of that country] were not without a testimony among them to the glory of God; although Jesus, by their own request , went away quickly.— ἐν τῇ) not merely in his own home, which had been all that Jesus had desired him to do; Mark 5:19. Jesus heals two women in this Narrative Lectionary text Mark 5:21-43. 10 гоÑодов гÑеÑеÑкого влиÑÐ½Ð¸Ñ (ÐллинÑкиÑ
) на воÑÑок Ð¾Ñ Ñеки ÐоÑдан (Ñм. (See the note at Matthew 4:25. The restored manâs beseeching to abide with Christ. Human liberty, which is one with law, in its highest state - "the perfect law of liberty" - this they hate, substituting for it a wild anarchy, that can submit to no rational control. how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel—Throughout that considerable region did this monument of mercy proclaim his new-found Lord; and some, it is to be hoped, did more than "marvel.". To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel, [Note: J. McKee Adams, Biblical Backgrounds, pp150-160. It is a poor victim of demoniacal malignity. (20) Decapolis.âOn the import of the name and the extent of the district so called, see Note on Matthew 4:25. In Pella, a city of Decapolis, the Christians found refuge at the destruction of Jerusalem. (1-8) The description of the demon-possessed man. Cranfield, p182; Taylor, p289; and Hiebert, p125.] How great things ... - This was the natural expression of right feeling at being cured of such a calamity. Mark 5:14–20 details the aftermath of Jesus freeing a possessed man from a legion of demons. Mark 5:17, ESV: "And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region." 5 1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. The case is one of unusual virulence and protracted suffering. Mark 5:1 - 5:20. Compare Psalm 66:16. in Decapolis—so called, as being a region of ten cities. The second From the point of view of people who are intimately familiar with pigs, aspects of the story and reactions of the characters seem illogical. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. The occasion of this scene will appear presently. And now they are at the eastern side. Δεκαπόλει] See on Matthew 4:25. ἐποίησεν] aorist, like ἠλέησε. Mark 3:22-30; Mark 6:14-29; Mark 11:15-19). Luke places it in his account just prior to the storm incident (see below), but it is not tied to that incident in time frame inasmuch as Luke 8:22 … But God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, shines in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 4:6). (Bible de Vence), And he departed, and began to publish - not only among his friends, to whom Jesus more immediately sent him, but "in Decapolis" - so called, as being a region of ten cities. Mark 5:20. But the hour of deliverance has at length arrived. Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Heals The Paralyzed Man. How was it that they had no faith? He has finished those glorious parables which He spoke from His beat to the multitudes that lined the shore. (4) In this grateful soul's petition to be with Jesus, we see the clinging feeling of all Christ's freed-men toward Himself; while in his departure, when Jesus suggested something better, and in his itineracy through Decapolis with the story of his deliverance, himself a living story of the grace and power of the Lord Jesus, we may read these words: The liberated believer a missionary for Christ! After the storm on the lake, Jesus and his disciples come ashore in the region of Gerasa. 18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 1. On the other hand, in Mark 5:19, πεποίηκε, which is conceived of from the point of time of the speaker, at which the fact subsists completed and continuing in its effects. This sermon explores how each had to take a different path to find Jesus’ healing touch. Blessed Saviour-fairer than the children of men, yet Thyself the Son of Man-we worship Thee, and yet are not afraid to come near unto Thee: we fall down before Thee, yet we embrace Thee. for how different a reason-now "clothed;" the frightful maniac, now "in his right mind," and in an attitude of mute admiration and gratitude and love, at his great Deliverer's feet! They object, unwilling to abandon their victims. Will not awakened sinners dread this, and welcome Him while it is called Today? Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. Copy Options. I trust you. “The sea” is … And now suppose ye that this man was a sinner above all sinners, because he suffered such things? Was it possible that He should perish? The others were Damascus, Kanatha, Scythopolis, Hippos, Raphana, Pella, Dion, Philadelphia, and Gadara. 20. [Note: Bailey, p76.]. Mark 5:1-20. But the Lord of devils, stepping forth from that boat, has summoned them to His presence, and in their human victim they stand before Him. Mark"s account of this miracle stressed Jesus" divine power and authority that was a greater revelation of His person to the disciples than they had previously witnessed. The demons beseeching Jesus without disguise. Of the 27 books in the New Testament, we believe at least 13 were written by him. Cranfield, p182; Taylor, p289; and Hiebert, p125. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. see thou to that!". ", "translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as. Until then we are as helpless captives of "the rulers of the darkness of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience," as was this poor demoniac before Jesus came to him. Mark 3:13-19 This shows Jesus' care for Gentiles. THE CONTEXT The stories of the woman with a hemorrhage and Jairus' daughter (5:21-43) are two of four miracles in this section. Why did they disturb Him? 18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. But the majesty of that word "Go!" ", "driven of the devil into the wilderness,", "always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying", "No man could tame him; for he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces! A The appeal of Jairus for his daughter Mark 5:21-24, B The healing of the woman with the hemorrhage Mark 5:25-34, A" The raising of Jairus" daughter to life Mark 5:35-43. (Colossians 1:13). The Gadarene Demoniac Healed. It vividly describes Jesus as the one in whom "the Most High God"s" sovereign rule was being established through the binding of the "strong man" ( Mark 3:27) who through Legion had so powerfully controlled a man that no one else could successfully bind with human fetters ( Mark 5:3-5)." Pastor Jack Abeelen teaching from the Gospel of Mark in his study titled "A Man Of The Tombs." The released demons entered into a herd of pigs, which ran into the Sea of Galilee and drowned. 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. The Word is God, but the Word has been made flesh and dwells, and will forever dwell, among us; and of Thy fullness have all we received, who have tasted that Thou art gracious, and grace for grace! Mark 6: 30-34. ou have pity on me in my weakness because you became weak for love of me. Read Mark 5:20 commentary using Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. More Mark commentaries. Even so, the demons do not obey Christ's command immediately. And went all through the Ten Towns. 5:20 "Decapolis" This Greek word means "ten cities." Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament. Thus are we in our deliverance from the power of Satan and of sin, sweetly voluntary, while the deliverance itself is as truly divine as when Jesus uttered His majestic "Go" to the demons of darkness and the demoniac was freed. Mark 7:31). - what conscious power ever the whole kingdom of darkness does it display! One other feature of the evil, thus diabolically inflicted, is very significant - "No man could tame him; for he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces!" Study the bible online using commentary on Mark 5:20 and more! Tagged: Bible-Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Mark, Kingdom of God, Mark 4:1-20, Parable of the Sower, Parables. Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56). 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis # 5:20 That is, the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him. "The God of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Jesus at Prayer ... Matthew 5:20-26. "The healing of Jairus"s daughter shows that Jesus is the Lord of life, and the healing of the woman with the problem of persistent bleeding shows that He is the Lord of health." Nay (see Luke 13:2-3); but thus was it designed that on the theater of the body we should see affectingly exhibited what the powers of darkness are, when uncontrolled, and what men have to expect from them when once given into their hand! But they said that *Satan was giving him the power. ], "Furthermore, in the flow of Mark"s narrative, this story must be read against the backdrop of the dispute between Jesus and the scribes over his exorcisms in. This is one of the sections of Mark"s Gospel that has a chiastic structure (cf. That was good as far as it went, but it should have led them to seek Jesus out. A Clean Heart Matthew 5: 27-32. The strong man armed guardeth his palace, and his goods are in peace, until the Stronger than he doth come upon him and taketh from him all his armour, dividing his spoil (Luke 11:21-22). Mark 5 – Jesus Demonstrates His Authority A. Mark 5:20. : he took a wide range; implying probably that he was known throughout the ten cities as the famous madman of Gerasa. It also provides a model of how disciples can express their gratitude to God for His saving work in their lives. Throughout that considerable region did this monument of mercy proclaim his new-found Lord; and some, it is to be hoped, did more than "marvel.". Mark 2:13-17 Jesus Chooses Matthew as a Disciple. In Decapolis. [Note: E.g, Hugh Anderson, The Gospel of Mark, p151; Lane, p189; and Wessel, p660.] Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Decapolis, a territory on the eastern borders of the sea of Tiberias, and is so called, from ten principal towns that compose it. Mark 5:20. And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed. - the natural explanation of which seems to be, that one in this state is fain to draw off his feelings from the mind, when its anguish grows unendurable, by trying to make the body, thus lacerated and smarting, to bear its own share. Some commentators believed that Mark did not follow a chronological order of events but rearranged them to make his theological points. This region … Mark 5:17, KJV: "And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts." Ye shall see greater things than these.' "Furthermore, in the flow of Mark"s narrative, this story must be read against the backdrop of the dispute between Jesus and the scribes over his exorcisms in Mark 3:22-27. Human peace they cannot endure, because they have lost their own - "There is no peace to the wicked." A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. Behold here the Prince of preachers. Drenched in vilest degradation, menaced and menacing, the victim in Mark 5:2-5 is possessed by abominable forces of such magnitude as to defy any cure. Mark 5:20). Mark 2:18-22 Pharisees Think There is Merit in Fasting. (See on [1437]Mt 4:25). He exclaims, with sublime placidity amidst their perturbation: 'Have I been so long time with you, and yet ye have not known Me? Apparently he did this well (cf. The terrified Gerasenes beseeching Jesus to leave them. Mark"s account is the fullest of the three. "The healing of Jairus"s daughter shows that Jesus is the Lord of life, and the healing of the woman with the problem of persistent bleeding shows that He is the Lord of health. 1 Then # Matt. That legion of spirits that were able to defy all the power of men to restrain and to tame their victim, behold them now crouching before one Man, who had never been in that region before, trembling as in the presence of their Judge, conscious that His word, whatever it be, must be law to them, and meekly petitioning, as servants of a master, to be allowed to enter a lower class of victims on letting go their long-secure prey! In this miracle, (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; and Luke 8:26-39), Jesus Christ commands unclean spirits to come out of two men.Demons must obey Jesus even if people do not. And over the howlings and self-inflicted tortures of their maddened victims they sing the dance of death, saying to all their complaints and appeals for sympathy, with the chief priests to Judas, "What is that to us? I. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. [Note: J. McKee Adams, Biblical Backgrounds, pp150-160.]. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. None should be afraid or ashamed to acknowledge their indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and at proper times, to make known what he hath done for them, that he may be honored, and that others may apply to him for help. “Coming Home” Mark 5:21-43 One of my heroes in Scripture is the great apostle Paul. This launched a discussion about the ways in which the story in Mark 5:1-20 is not plausible. The raising of Jairus" daughter and the healing of a woman with a hemorrhage5:21-43 (cf. It feels its Maker's presence, it hears His voice, it bows instant submission! The people are dismissed; but though early evening has come, He rests not, but bids the Twelve put out to sea, as He has work to do on the other side. 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