Marcos 5:17

17 Y comenzaron a rogarle que se fuera de su comarca.

Marcos 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:17

And they began to pray him
That is, the inhabitants of the city of Gadara, and of the villages round about, very earnestly importuned him

to depart out of their coasts;
fearing, lest for their sins, some sorer judgment should fall upon them, than the loss of their swine; since they perceived he was a person of great power and authority; which shows great ignorance and worldly mindedness: they knew not how great a person they had among them; that he was the Son of God, and Saviour of the world: they might have known from the miracles wrought, that he was a very wonderful and extraordinary person; but then they considered him as one endued with great power, rather, to do them hurt than good; as one sent to scourge them for their sins, than to save them from them: such very contrary notions have carnal men of Christ; they are afraid of being sufferers, or losers by him: they do not care to part with their swinish lusts for him; these they prefer to a Saviour, and love the world, and the things of it, more than he, and therefore are not worthy of him; (See Gill on Matthew 8:34).

Marcos 5:17 In-Context

15 Y vinieron<***> a Jesús, y vieron<***> al que había estado endemoniado, sentado, vestido y en su cabal juicio, el mismo que había tenido la legión; y tuvieron miedo.

16 Y los que lo habían visto les describieron cómo le había sucedido esto al endemoniado, y lo de los cerdos.

17 Y comenzaron a rogarle que se fuera de su comarca.

18 Al entrar El en la barca, el que había estado endemoniado le rogaba que le dejara acompañarle.

19 Pero Jesús no se lo permitió, sino que le dijo<***>: Vete a tu casa, a los tuyos, y cuéntales cuán grandes cosas el Señor ha hecho por ti, y cómo tuvo misericordia de ti.