Mark 5 · Verse 11

Mark 5:11

Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark 5:11, King James Version

Mark 5:11 in other translations

BSBThere on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
WEBNow on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
ASVNow there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.
YLTAnd there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,
DARBYNow there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;
BBENow on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.
WebsterNow there was there nigh to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

What does Mark 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains--rather, "to the mountain," according to what is clearly the true reading. In Mt 8:30, they are said to have been "a good way off." But these expressions, far from being inconsistent, only confirm, by their precision, the minute accuracy of the narrative. a great herd of swine feeding--There can hardly be any doubt that the owners of these were Jews, since to them our Lord had now come to proffer His services. This will explain what follows.

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

Barnes' Notes
Verse 11.

(x) "swine feeding" Lev 11:7,8, De 14:8

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 A great herd of swine - See the notes on Mat 8:30.

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…

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Mark 5:11 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.

ἦνēnThere wasG1510
δὲdenowG1161
ἐκεῖekeithereG1563
πρὸςprosnearG4314
τῷtōtheG3588
ὄρειoreihillG3735
ἀγέληagelēa herdG34
χοίρωνchoirōnof pigsG5519
μεγάληmegalēgreatG3173
βοσκομένη·boskomenēfeeding;G1006

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

Cross references for Mark 5:11

  • Isaiah 66:3

    He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

  • Leviticus 11:7-8

    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

  • Deuteronomy 14:8

    And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

  • Matthew 8:30

    And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

  • Luke 8:32

    And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

  • Isaiah 65:4

    Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Le 11:7,8; De 14:8; Isa 65:4; 66:3; Mt 8:30; Lu 8:32

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

Context

  • Mark 5:10

    And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

  • Mark 5:11

    Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

  • Mark 5:12

    And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

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Mark 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estaba allí cerca del monte una grande manada de puercos paciendo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il y avait là, vers la montagne, un grand troupeau de pourceaux qui paissait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es war aber daselbst an dem Berge eine große Herde Schweine, welche weidete.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Erat autem ibi circa montem grex porcorum magnus, pascens.