Mark 5:16

16 And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

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 their herdsmen fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened.

15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who had had the legion--and they were afraid.

16 And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

17 And they began to urge him to depart from their region.

18 And [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation