Marco 5:4

4 Perciocchè spesso era stato attaccato con ceppi, e con catene; e le catene eran da lui state rotte, e i ceppi spezzati, e niuno potea domarlo.

Marco 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:4

Because that he had been often bound with fetters and
chains
Trial had been made several times, to no purpose; his arms had been bound with chains, and his feet with fetters, which was very proper to prevent doing hurt to himself, and injury to others:

and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces;
as if they had been twine threads; such was his strength, through the force of madness, and the possession of Satan, and his diabolical influence:

neither could any man tame him;
by any methods whatever; even such who undertook the cure of madness, or to exorcise those that were possessed: this man was so furious and outrageous, that he was not to be managed any way, either by art or force.

Marco 5:4 In-Context

2 E, come Gesù fu uscito della navicella, subito gli venne incontro da’ monumenti, un uomo posseduto da uno spirito immondo.

3 Il quale avea la sua dimora fra i monumenti, e niuno potea tenerlo attaccato, non pur con catene.

4 Perciocchè spesso era stato attaccato con ceppi, e con catene; e le catene eran da lui state rotte, e i ceppi spezzati, e niuno potea domarlo.

5 E del continuo, notte e giorno, fra i monumenti, e su per li monti, andava gridando, e picchiandosi con pietre.

6 Ora, quando egli ebbe veduto Gesù da lungi, corse e l’adorò.