Mark 5:16
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
Mark 5:16 in other translations
| BSB | Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs. |
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| WEB | Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. |
| ASV | And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine. |
| YLT | and those having seen it, declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine; |
| DARBY | And they that had seen it related to them how it had happened to the man possessed by demons, and concerning the swine. |
| BBE | And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs. |
| Webster | And they that saw it told them how it befell him that was possessed with the demon, and also concerning the swine. |
What does Mark 5:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Mark 5:16 in the original Greek
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Context
- Mark 5:15
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Mark 5:16
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
- Mark 5:17
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
Mark 5:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y les contaron los que lo habían visto, cómo había acontecido al que había tenido el demonio, y lo de los puercos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ceux qui avaient vu ce qui s’était passé, leur racontèrent ce qui était arrivé au démoniaque et ce qui concernait les pourceaux; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die es gesehen hatten, erzählten ihnen, wie dem Besessenen geschehen war, und das von den Schweinen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et narraverunt illis, qui viderant, qualiter factum esset ei qui dæmonium habuerat, et de porcis. |