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Marc 5:3

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3 Il faisait sa demeure dans les sépulcres, et personne ne pouvait le tenir lié, pas même avec des chaînes;

Marc 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:3

Who had his dwelling among the tombs
Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is F17

``the sign of a madman, that he goeth out in the night, (twrbqh) (tybb Nlhw) , "and lodges among the tombs", and rends his garments, and loses what is given to him.''

The same they say, in the same place, of an hypochondriac, and melancholy man; and of Kordiacus, which they give out F18 is a demon that possesses, and has power over some sort of persons:

and no man could bind him, no, not with chains;
so as to hold him for any length of time: not only cords were insufficient to hold, but even chains of iron; so strong was he through the possession; for this could not be by his own natural strength.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Hieros. Gittin, fol. 48. 3. & Trumot, fol. 40. 2.
F18 Jarchi & Bartenora in Misn. Gittin, c. 7. sect. 1.
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Marc 5:3 In-Context

1 Ils arrivèrent de l'autre côté de la mer, dans la contrée des Gadaréniens.
2 Et aussitôt que Jésus fut descendu de la barque, un homme, possédé d'un esprit immonde, sortit des sépulcres et vint au-devant de lui.
3 Il faisait sa demeure dans les sépulcres, et personne ne pouvait le tenir lié, pas même avec des chaînes;
4 Car souvent, ayant eu les fers aux pieds, et ayant été lié de chaînes, il avait rompu les chaînes et brisé les fers; et personne ne le pouvait dompter.
5 Et il demeurait continuellement, nuit et jour, sur les montagnes et dans les sépulcres, criant et se meurtrissant avec des pierres.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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