Just as that other unclean spirit, Mark 1:24. 1. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?--"Askest thou, Lord, who touched Thee? This, though it tried the modesty of the believing woman, was just what Christ wanted in dragging her forth, her public testimony to the facts of her case--the disease, with her abortive efforts at a cure, and the instantaneous and perfect relief which her touching the Great Healer had brought her. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Mark 5:21-43 EXEGESIS: MARK 4-5. For he said unto him--that is, before the unclean spirit cried out. 16. 14. Come out of the man, unclean spirit!--Ordinarily, obedience to a command of this nature was immediate. Matthew ( Matthew 8:28 ) says he was "exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way." and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently--rushed. Since that time, Jesus has performed many exorcisms around Capernaum (Mark … (Mark 4:41). Valuable for its numerous helpful word studies and background material. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. But here, a certain delay is permitted, the more signally to manifest the power of Christ and accomplish His purposes. and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse--pitiable case, and affectingly aggravated; emblem of our natural state as fallen creatures ( Ezekiel 16:5 Ezekiel 16:6 ), and illustrating the worse than vanity of all human remedies for spiritual maladies ( Hosea 5:13 ). Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. 20. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Demons drove these people (Matthew 8:28 mentions two of them) to live in this horrific place. And he departed, and began to publish--not only among his friends, to whom Jesus immediately sent him, but in Decapolis--so called, as being a region of ten cities. They were showing no love towards a man who needed their sympathy. Mark 5:22 - One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet on StudyLight.org Mark 5: The Caring Christ. 34. 7. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. 8. Their next petition ( Mark 5:12 ) will make that clear enough. Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the Master any further?--the Teacher. The meaning is the same in both. of Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. For Jews, tombs were an unclean place. What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? 27. The demoniac healed. This chapter records the events regarding the Gerasene demoniacs (Mark 5:1-20), and the raising of the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Mark 5:21-24,35-43), and the parenthetical miracle of healing the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-34).THE GERASENE DEMONIACS What defiles the man. This shows that you can know who Jesus is and not surrender to Him. All rights reserved. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. And they were astonished with a great astonishment--The language here is the strongest. Mark 5:5 Commentaries: Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. Jesus was on His way to heal a young girl on the verge of death, when He was interrupted by a … This commentary on the Gospel of Mark is one of his best. there met him a man with an unclean spirit --"which had devils [demons] long time" ( … 23. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. 5. (Compare an analogous, though a different kind of case, Daniel 4:34-37 ). 15. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. and had the legion, sitting--"at the feet of Jesus," adds Luke ( Luke 8:35 ); in contrast with his former wild and wandering habits. Proud member and said unto her, Talitha cumi--The words are Aramaic, or Syro-Chaldaic, the then language of Palestine. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately--(see Mar 5:6). Mark 5:7. the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth--so brief her state of death as to be more like a short sleep. their object. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. But there was an instinct in the faith which brought her to Jesus, which taught her, that if that touch could set her free from the defiling disease itself, it was impossible to communicate defilement to Him, and that this wondrous Healer must be above such laws. Mark 5:4 "Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him." in the city, and in the country. 35. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately -- (see Mark 5:6 ). The news of her death reached the father after the cure of the woman with the issue of blood: but Matthew's brief account gives only the result, as in the case of the centurion's servant ( Matthew 8:5 , &c.). How vividly do such incidents bring out Christ's knowledge of the human heart and tender sympathy! The woman was healed publicly. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. The clothing which the poor man would feel the want of the moment his consciousness returned to him, was doubtless supplied to him by some of the Twelve. 31. 22. A list of the best commentaries on Mark ranked by scholars, journal reviews, and site users. These tombs were hewn out of the rocky caves of the locality, and served for shelters and lurking places ( Luke 8:26 ). 33. If you could time travel to see Jesus as He ministered in Galilee, what is the one personal need you would ask Him to meet? 2. And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him--The word in Luke ( Luke 8:42 ) is stronger--"choked," "stifled Him.". Glorious Cure of the Gadarene Demoniac ( Mark 5:1-20 ). and they were afraid--Had this been awe only, it had been natural enough; but other feelings, alas! 42. You can also change some of your preferences. But Matthew ( Matthew 9:18 ) tells us that the ruler came to Him while He was in the act of speaking at His own table on the subject of fasting; and as we must suppose that this converted publican ought to know what took place on that memorable occasion when he made a feast to his Lord, we conclude that here the right order is indicated by the First Evangelist alone. 4. R. Alan Cole — Mark (The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, 1989). Mark 5:5 - Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. And he asked him, What is thy name?--The object of this question was to extort an acknowledgment of the virulence of demoniacal power by which this victim was enthralled. Study Mark 5 using Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. much people gathered unto him--who "gladly received Him; for they were all waiting for Him" ( Luke 8:40 ). arose, and walked--a vivid touch evidently from an eye-witness. down a steep place--down the hanging cliff. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Interruptions are a part of life. 18. he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him--the grateful heart, fresh from the hand of demons, clinging to its wondrous Benefactor. 9. Mark Commentary - 556 pages - published April, 2017 - recommended resource; WILLIAM BARCLAY Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Daily Study Bible. This will explain what follows. In fact the sea and the crowds have shadowed Mark’s narrative for the last several chapters, and it will be helpful to set the context by looking at … Continue reading "Commentary on Mark 5:21-43" And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue--or "efficacy." And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts--Was it the owners only of the valuable property now lost to them that did this? 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.". They were not allowed to touch touch bodies. Wuest - And they come to Jesus, and view with a critical, searching eye the demoniac sitting, clothed, and in control of himself. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. The tide of our Lord's popularity was now fast rising. 43. No doubt it was His marvellous cures she had heard of; and the hearing of these, in connection with her bitter experience of the vanity of applying to any other, had been blessed to the kindling in her soul of a firm confidence that He who had so willingly wrought such cures on others was able and would not refuse to heal her also. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The traditions of the elders. Introduction: The unique character of the Gospel of Mark. The scene of this miracle was probably Capernaum; its time, according to Matthew, was the feast at his house after his call. 19. Mark’s date appears to be later, but he may have anticipated the feast in his narrative, in order to keep the whole of the incidents relating to Matthew’s apostleship together. came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth--In Luke ( Luke 8:47 ) it is, "When the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately." turned him about in the press--crowd. in the press behind--shrinking, yet seeking. Remarkable faith this! They are angry when other people have not been kind to them. This is a striking case of what are called Undesigned Coincidences amongst the different Evangelists; one of them taking a thing for granted, as familiarly known at the time, but which we should never have known but for one or more of the others, and without the knowledge of which some of their statements would be unintelligible. Mark 5. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 39. In Mark 5, they will learn more about His power as He performs familiar miracles with an even greater scope. But what a glorious dismissal from the lips of Him who is "our Peace" is that, "Go in peace!". that no man should know it--The only reason we can assign for this is His desire not to let the public feeling regarding Him come too precipitately to a crisis. The Tyndale commentaries are non-technical and introductory level commentaries, but they are surprisingly consistent in their high level of quality. The higher design of all our Lord's miracles of healing irresistibly suggests this way of viewing the present case, the propriety of which will still more appear as we proceed. Mark 5:8 tells us that Jesus had begun by using his usual method--an authoritative order to the demon to come out. In one of the class to which this man belonged, so steeped in prejudice, such faith would imply more than in others. there met him a man with an unclean spirit--"which had devils [demons] long time" ( Luke 8:27 ). 6. I am out in the garage working on the car with my hands literally oozing with grease and I’m wanted on the phone. 13. Commentary on Mark 5:1-20 (Read Mark 5:1-20) Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The healing of a woman with a flow of blood is found in three of the gospels (Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48), a miracle sandwiched between two halves of another miracle, the resurrection of the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue.What makes the woman's healing unique is that it was performed without a word being spoken beforehand. Mark 5:12 - The demons implored Him, saying, 'Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.' Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Returning to Mark 5:15-20 — Act II of this Sunday’s playlet — we might expect the townsfolk and villagers to celebrate Jesus’ treatment of the untreatable, and the one treated to join Jesus’ entourage with open arms. The first was Jesus' calming of the storm (4:35-41), demonstrating Jesus' power over nature. A legion, in the Roman army, amounted, at its full complement, to six thousand; but here the word is used, as such words with us, and even this one, for an indefinitely large number--large enough however to rush, as soon as permission was given, into two thousand swine and destroy them. The abundant teaching earlier that day ( Mark 4:1 , &c., and Matthew 13:1-58 ) had only whetted the people's appetite: and disappointed, as would seem, that He had left them in the evening to cross the lake, they remain hanging about the beach, having got a hint, probably through some of His disciples, that He would be back the same evening. This and this only Jesus acknowledges and seeks out. Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones. A sense of déjà vu accompanies the introduction to today’s reading. Mark 6. 40. He calls God the most high God, above all other gods. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. and in his right mind--but now, oh, in what a lofty sense! Mark 5:22 - Mark 5:24, Mark 5:35 - Mark 5:43. 2. 11. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him--Peter, and James, and John. A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5:1 - 6:6, Carl W. Conrad. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him--not with the spontaneous alacrity which says to Jesus, "Draw me, we will run after thee," but inwardly compelled, with terrific rapidity, before the Judge, to receive sentence of expulsion. Commentary on Mark 5:30-34 Jewish people believed that only teachers closest to God had supernatural knowledge. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. ( James 2:19 ). and also concerning the swine--Thus had they the double testimony of the herdsmen and their own senses. In Matthew 8:30 , they are said to have been "a good way off." 28. And had suffered many things of many physicians--The expression perhaps does not necessarily refer to the suffering she endured under medical treatment, but to the much varied treatment which she underwent. Mark 5. John the Baptist put to death. 3. Who had his dwelling among the tombs--Luke ( Luke 8:27 ) says, "He ware no clothes, neither abode in any house." According to a well-known rabbin, quoted by LIGHTFOOT, a daughter. 2. Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them--Had they spoken out all their mind, perhaps this would have been it: "If we must quit our hold of this man, suffer us to continue our work of mischief in another form, that by entering these swine, and thus destroying the people's property, we may steel their hearts against Thee!". "Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark , " a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark. Jesus therefore sets His royal seal upon it. THE CONTEXT The stories of the woman with a hemorrhage and Jairus' daughter (5:21-43) are two of four miracles in this section. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. a great herd of swine feeding--There can hardly be any doubt that the owners of these were Jews, since to them our Lord had now come to proffer His services. and commanded that something should be given her to eat--in token of perfect restoration. For Luke ( Luke 8:37 ) says, "Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought Him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear." 37. Coffman's Commentaries on the BibleMark 5. And he said unto her, Daughter--"be of good comfort" ( Luke 8:48 ). lieth at the point of death--Matthew ( Matthew 9:18 ) gives it thus: "My daughter is even now dead"--"has just expired." Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. on StudyLight.org The voluntary, living contact of faith is that electric conductor which alone draws virtue out of Him. Irritated, the people could not suffer His presence; yet awe-struck, they dared not order Him off: so they entreat Him to withdraw, and--He takes them at their word. In Matthew ( Matthew 8:28 ), "there met him two men possessed with devils." And they went out to see what it was that was done--Thus had they the evidence, both of the herdsmen and of their own senses, to the reality of both miracles. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.) 2. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave--In Matthew ( Matthew 8:32 ) this is given with majestic brevity--"Go!" These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, &c.--Luke says ( Luke 8:29 ) that "oftentimes it [the unclean spirit] had caught him"; and after mentioning how they had vainly tried to bind him with chains and fetters, because, "he brake the bands," he adds, "and was driven of the devil [demon] into the wilderness." Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains--rather, "to the mountain," according to what is clearly the true reading. And all the devils besought him, saying--"if thou cast us out" ( Matthew 8:31 ). Jairus' Daughter Raised to Life ( Mark 5:35-43 ). and see him that was possessed with the devil--the demonized person. and entereth in where the damsel was lying. A man from the tombs. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole--that is, if I may but come in contact with this glorious Healer at all. How exquisitely natural! 32. Jesus uses his supernatural knowledge to identify with the woman who had touched him—even though in the eyes of the public this would mean that he had contracted ritual uncleanness. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. Some think that the recollection of this may account for her stealthily approaching Him in the crowd behind, and touching but the hem of His garment. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it--"told everything, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils" ( Matthew 8:33 ). The occasion of this scene will appear presently. And his disciples said unto him--Luke says ( Luke 8:45 ), "When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master." Salem Media Group. Mark 5:1-20 Inductive Bible Study. Mark loves to give such wonderful words just as they were spoken. And he cometh--rather, "they come." Here they demonstrate that they can “pray” to Jesus ( begged Him earnestly ). to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly--"the minstrels and the people making a noise" ( Matthew 9:23 )--lamenting for the dead. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 21. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her--alarmed, as a humble, shrinking female would naturally be, at the necessity of so public an exposure of herself, yet conscious that she had a tale to tell which would speak for her. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country--The entreaty, it will be observed, was made by one spirit, but in behalf of many--"he besought Him not to send them, &c."--just as in Mark 5:9 , "he answered we are many." And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter--Luke ( Luke 8:42 ) says, "He had one only daughter, about twelve years of age." and were choked in the sea--"perished in the waters" ( Matthew 8:32 ). Revelation 4:7 describes the cherubim around God’s throne as beings with four faces: a lion, a calf, a man, and an eagle.By long tradition, the church has attributed one of these “faces” to each of the Gospels, according to the character and message of the particular Gospel. The devil is a cruel master to those that are led captive by him, a perfect tyrant; this wretched creature was night and day in the mountains and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones, either bemoaning his own deplorable case, or in a rage and indignation against heaven. 1. And they laughed him to scorn--rather, simply, "laughed at Him"--"knowing that she was dead" ( Luke 8:53 ); an important testimony this to the reality of her death. Mark 5:25-34. And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of. For she said--"within herself" ( Matthew 9:21 ). I just get engrossed in reading the morning paper and my wife wants me to take out the garbage right away. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. ( = Matthew 9:18-26 , Luke 8:41-56 ). Jesus was angry because the *Pharisees were going to use the man as a way to oppose Jesus. One would suppose from this that the ruler had been with the multitude on the shore, anxiously awaiting the return of Jesus, and immediately on His arrival had accosted Him as here related. Home >> Bible Studies >> Mark Study >> Mark 5:21-43 These small group studies of the gospel of Mark contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up--Not only was her issue of blood stanched ( Luke 8:44 ), but the cause of it was thoroughly removed, insomuch that by her bodily sensations she immediately knew herself perfectly cured. 24. Commentaries on Mark. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 12. Demons seem to take delight in … You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The second on StudyLight.org and clothed--As our Evangelist had not told us that he "ware no clothes," the meaning of this statement could only have been conjectured but for "the beloved physician" ( Luke 8:27 ), who supplies the missing piece of information here. till she had completed her twelfth year, was called "little," or "a little maid"; after that, "a young woman." But when he had put them all out--The word is strong--"turned them all out"; meaning all those who were making this noise, and any others that may have been there from sympathy, that only those might be present who were most nearly concerned, and those whom He had Himself brought as witnesses of the great act about to be done. Commentary on the Gospel of Mark. Jesus cured the man with a brief order. 30. What had she "heard of Jesus?" The first miracle recorded by Mark was the release of a man possessed by a demon (Mark 1:21–27). 36. he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe--Jesus, knowing how the heart of the agonized father would sink at the tidings, and the reflections at the delay which would be apt to rise in his mind, hastens to reassure him, and in His accustomed style: "Be not afraid, only believe"--words of unchanging preciousness and power! 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