Mark 5:1-7

The Gerasene Demoniac

1 ¹They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

2 When He got out of ²the boat, immediately a man from the tombs ³with an unclean spirit met Him,

3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no * one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones.

6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

7 and shouting with a loud voice, he said, "⁴What business do we have with each other, Jesus, ⁵Son of ⁶the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!"

Cross References

• 1. Mark 5:1-17: {Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-37}
• 2. Mark 3:9; Mark 4:1, 36; Mark 5:21
• 3. Mark 1:23
• 4. Matthew 8:29
• 5. Matthew 4:3
• 6. Luke 8:28; Acts 16:17; Hebrews 7:1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "What to me and to you" (a Heb idiom)