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Mark 5:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Mark 5:3

Verse 3 of 43

Scripture focus

Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

Mark 5:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 5:3

Theological / Devotional

Tombs. See on v. 2. According to Levitical law a corpse was unclean (see on Lev. 21:2), and this uncleanness would attach also to the place of burial. Obviously such considerations were of no concern to the demoniacs.

No man could bind him. Matthew’s statement that no one could pass “that way” (ch. 8:28) implies that the haunt of these demon-possessed men was not far from a thoroughfare, probably one leading along the eastern shore of the lake (cf. DA 338).

Chains. Gr. halusis, “a chain,” or “a bond,” often used specifically to designate a manacle, or handcuff.

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