Mark 5:3

Mark 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
• New International Version (NIV)This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,
• New King James Version (NKJV)who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains,

Context of Mark 5:3

1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains; 4because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him. 5And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 5:3 word by word

ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν. καὶ οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαιRead the interlinear

• tombsμνῆμαmnēma · tombG3418
• oneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• bindδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• chainsἅλυσιςhalusis · chainG254

Cross-references for Mark 5:3

• Mark 9:18and wheresoever it seizes him it tears him, and he foams and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to thy disciples, that they might cast him out, and they could not.
• Isaiah 65:4who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things [is in] their vessels;
• Daniel 4:32and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Luke 8:29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

Commentaries on Mark 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Who had his dwelling among the tombs - See Matthew 8:28.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-20Verses 1-20 See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34. Mark 5:4 He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5Mark focuses on Jesus. The evil spirit was strong, but Jesus had even greater authority (5:6–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Who had his dwelling among the tombs--Luke (Lu 8:27) says, "He ware no clothes, neither abode in any house." These tombs were hewn out of the rocky caves of the locality, and served for shelters and lurking places (Lu 8:26).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 5:3

• Demons
• Gadarenes
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Clothes
• Daemoniac
• Devil
• Gergesa
• Legion
• Lie
• Straightway
• Throng
• Whole

Commentaries on Mark 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings