MARK—NOTE ON Mark 5:18 that he might be with him. It is possible that the restored man was asking Jesus for permission to join the inner circle of disciples (see Mark 3:14), but Jesus wanted him to be a witness to God’s power in the Decapolis. Jesus often discouraged such publicity, so that the people would not try to make him a political messiah (see note on Matt. 8:4). But apparently Jesus knew that the Gentile people of the Decapolis would not do this. The work of the Lord in Mark 5:19 is described as the work of Jesus in v. Mark 5:20, indicating that Jesus shares the same nature as God himself.

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