Mark 5 · Verse 1

Mark 5:1

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Mark 5:1, King James Version

Mark 5:1 in other translations

BSBOn the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.
WEBThey came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
ASVAnd they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
YLTAnd they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes,
DARBYAnd they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
BBEAnd they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
WebsterAnd they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

What does Mark 5:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Glorious Cure of the Gadarene Demoniac (Mr 5:1-20). 1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verses 1-20. See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in Barnes Notes on Mt 8:28-34.

(q) "And they came" Mt 8:28, Lk 8:26

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The man possessed with a legion of demons cured, vv. 1-20. He raises Jairus's daughter to life, and cures the woman who had an issue of blood, vv. 21-43. Verse 1 The Gadarenes - Some of the MSS. have Gergasenes, and some of them Gerasenes. Griesbach seems to prefer the latter. See the note on Mat 8:28. The Gadarenes were included within the limits of the Gergasenes. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that, of the two demoniacs mentioned here, one was of Gadara, and consequently a heathen, the other was a Gergesenian, and consequently a Jew; and he thinks that Mark and Luke mention the Gadarene demoniac because his case was a singular one, being the only heathen cured by our Lord, except the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 5:1-20
Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be, and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor wretched creature! Many there are that rise up against us. We are not a match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; but in the Lord, and in the power of his might, we shall be able to stand against them, though there are legions of them. When the vilest transgressor is delivered by the power of Jesus from the bondage of Satan, he will gladly sit at the feet of his Deliverer, and hear his word, who delivers the wretched slaves of Satan, and numbers them among his saints and servants. When the people found that their swine were lost, they had a dislike to Christ. Long-suffering and mercy may be seen, even in the corrections by which men lose their property while their lives are saved, and warning given them to seek the salvation of their souls. The man joyfully proclaimed what great things Jesus had done for him. All men marvelled, but few followed him. Many who cannot but wonder at the works of Christ, yet do not, as they ought, wonder after him.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Mark 5:1 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἦλθονēlthonthey cameG2064
εἰςeistoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
πέρανperanother sideG4008
τῆςtēsof theG3588
θαλάσσηςthalassēsseaG2281
εἰςeistoG1519
τὴνtēntheG3588
χώρανchōranregionG5561
τῶνtōnof theG3588
Γερασηνῶν.¶GerasēnōnGerasenes.G1086

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 5:1

  • Luke 8:26-39

    And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) …

  • Matthew 8:28-34

    And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. …

  • Mark 4:35

    And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Christ delivering the possessed of the legion of devils,
13 they enter into the swine.
22 He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter.
25 He heals the woman of the bloody issue,
35 and raises from death Jairus' daughter.

4:35; Mt 8:28-34; Lu 8:26-39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 5:1

    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

  • Mark 5:2

    And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

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Mark 5:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y VINIERON de la otra parte de la mar á la provincia de los Gadarenos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils arrivèrent à l’autre rive de la mer, dans le pays des Gadaréniens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie kamen an das jenseitige Ufer des Sees in das Land der Gadarener.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et venerunt trans fretum maris in regionem Gerasenorum.