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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Mark 5:19

Mark 5:19. Go into thy house unto thy friends, etc. He may have been in danger of despising his friends in the district that rejected Christ. His previous life may have harmed them; our Lord would make his future life a blessing to them.

Tell them. The command to those healed was often to keep silence, here it is the reverse, and for a good reason. There was no danger of tumult attending such a proclamation in that region as in Galilee. Then our Lord, even when rejected, would leave a preacher behind Him.

How great things the Lord hath done for thee. Luke: ‘God hath done for thee.' So that ‘the Lord ‘means Jehovah, but it is also a fair inference that it means Christ Himself (see Mark 5:20).

And hath had mercy on thee. This hints at a spiritual blessing.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 19. _SUFFERED HIM NOT_] ο δε ινσους, _Howbeit Jesus_, is omitted by ABKLM, twenty-seven others, both the _Syriac_, both the _Persic, Coptic, Gothic, Vulgate_, and one of the _Itala. Mill_ and _B...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28. Mark 5:4 HE HAD BEEN OFTEN BOUND WITH FETTERS AND CHAINS - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Servant's Power over Satan's work. (Mark 5:1. Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26 .)_ 2. The Servant's Power over disease and death. (Mark

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MARK 4:35 TO MARK 5:43. FOUR WONDER-STORIES. The stilling of the tempest, the healing of the demoniac and of the woman, and the raising of Jairus-' daughter form one of the most graphic sections of Mk...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BANISHING OF THE DEMONS (Mark 5:1-13)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him that he might be allowed to stay with him. He did not allow him, but said to him, "Go back to your home and yo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. Greek _ou._ App-105. HOME. to (App-104.) thy house. THE LORD. App-98....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and tell them_ On others (comp. Matthew 8:4; Luke 8:56) after shewing forth towards them His miraculous power, He enjoined silence; on this man He enjoined publicity. He appoints him to be a living m...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΑΊ ([990][991][992][993][994][995] 33) rather than ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ([996] etc.). See on Mark 5:13-14. [990] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1–20. CURE OF THE GERASENE DEMONIAC Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 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 s...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS SENT THE DEMONS INTO THE SWINE MARK 5:10-20:_ The demons begged Jesus not to send them out of the country. There was a herd of about 2,000 swine feeding on the hillside. The evil spirits begged...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΨΉΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) отпускать, позволять, ΫΠΑΓΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΑΓΩ (G5217) идти, продвигаться вперед. _Praes. imper._ с гл. движения (VANT, 343). ΆΠΆΓΓΕΙΛΟΝ _aor. imp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GADARENE DEMONIAC. JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) DEMONIAC (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk's account is much the fullest....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    V. (1-20) See Notes on Matthew 8:28....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 5:14-20 (MARK 5:14) THE MEN OF GADARA "And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass. And they come to Jesus...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Jesus refuses, and, contrary to His usual practice, bids the healed one go and spread the news, as a kind of missionary to Decapolis, as the Twelve were to Galilee. The first apostle of the heathen (H...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Gerasene Demoniac_ (Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Sequel of the story_....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    POWER OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS Mark 5:1-20 This poor victim of a dark tyrant power was endowed with superhuman strength, and scorned restraint. Terrible to others, he endured untold misery himself, and s...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Nevertheless the men of Gadara "began to beseech Him to depart from their borders" (verse Mar 5:17). The price was too heavy; their pigs were destroyed. There is heartbreak here. Jairus fell at His fe...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And he admitted him not: By Christ's conduct on this occasion, he teaches his disciples that they ought sometimes to make known their own good works, when either the glory of God or the edification o...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (18) And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with (19) Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy. friends, a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE CHRISTIAN IN THE HOME_ ‘Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee.’ Mark 5:19 Christianity has quite as much to do with the little things as with the g...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But, in another sense, they are not with Him. They are called to serve, when He quits the scene of His labour. We learn this from the demoniac Legion (chapter 5), delivered from his miserable conditio...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HOWBEIT JESUS SUFFERED HIM NOT,.... He being as able to preserve him from those evil spirits, when absent, as present; and besides, to take him along with him, would look like ostentation and boasting...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He that had been possessed, prayed that he might be with him_ To enjoy the further benefit of his instructions. Perhaps he feared lest, if Jesus left him, he should relapse into his former condition,...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Legion of devils. Matthew 8:28-34; MATTHEW 26:53....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Christ gives further evidence of His mercy:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MR 5:1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 5:19 However G1161 Jesus G2424 not G3756 permit G863 (G5656) him G846 but G235 said G3004 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER A REGIMENT OF EVIL SPIRITS (5:1-20). The incident we are now about to examine raises the question as to the existence of evil spirits. But this is somet...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    GO TO THY HOUSE UNTO THY FRIENDS (Hυπαγε εις τον οικον σου προς τους σους). "To thy own folks" rather than "thy friends." Certainly no people needed the message about Christ more than these people w...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:18 I. The recollection of our Christless state should beget a spirit of distrust in ourselves. The healed man was naturally anxious to remain at the side of his healer. II. We see here the pos...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean s...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 5:1. _And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes._ They had had a very eventful passage across that small but stormy sea, and Christ had proved himself...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The maniac of Gadara. Woman with issue of blood healed. Daughter of Jairus raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, demoniac, sick woman, Jairus, his daughter. CONCLUSION: The po...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 5:9. _What is thy name?_ Our Saviour asked this to show the great power which demons have over men, when permitted of God. Mark 5:25. _A certain woman._ See Luke 8:43....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 1 _Christ delivereth the possessed of the legion of devils_, 13 _they enter into the swine_. 25 H _e healeth the woman of the bloody issue_, 35 _and raiseth from death Jairus his daughter. _...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 5:1. GADARENES.—_Gerasenes_ is undoubtedly the true reading here, and in Origen’s time it was the prevalent one; “but the copyists, thinking this referred to the w...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 5:1 AND THEY CAME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA. The other side of the sea would be the south-east side of the sea. INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES, or rather, _Gerasenes_,_ _which...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes (Mark 5:1). Now, that is on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. It is the area near the beginning of the Golan...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 22:1; Acts 26:4; Daniel 4:1; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 6:25;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WILD MAN OF GADARA Mark 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things we wish to suggest, culled from the opening verses of our Scripture. 1. THE FIRST PHRASE: "THE OTHER SIDE." The opening...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee — This was peculiarly needful there, where Christ did not go in person....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    (CF. MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39)— Where were the demoniacs healed? PROBLEM: The first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) each give an account of Jesus healing demoniacs. Matthew states that the pl...

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