Mark 5:16

16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil , and also concerning the swine.

Mark 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:16

And they that saw it
Not the keepers of the swine, for they were fled and gone; but others that were eyewitnesses of the whole affair, who lived in houses hard by, or were working in the fields; or the disciples of Christ:

told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil;
gave a particular account, how, upon first sight of Christ, he ran to meet him, and fell down and worshipped him; how Christ ordered the unclean spirit to come out of him; and how he was dispossessed of a legion of devils by a word speaking:

and also concerning the swine;
how, at the request of the devils, and by the leave of Christ, they entered into them; upon which they ran mad; and betaking themselves to the rocks by the sea side, fell down the precipice, and were suffocated in the sea.

Mark 5:16 In-Context

14 And they that fed the swine fled , and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done .

15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil , and had the legion, sitting , and clothed , and in his right mind : and they were afraid .

16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil , and also concerning the swine.

17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

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.