God’s Word Translation
Mark 5:19
19But Jesus would not allow it. Instead, he told the man, “Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you.”
Mark 5:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he did not permit him but said to him, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”
Context of Mark 5:19
17Then the people began to beg Jesus to leave their territory. 18As Jesus stepped into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him, “Let me stay with you.” But Jesus would not allow it. Instead, he told the man, “Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you.” 20So the man left. He began to tell how much Jesus had done for him in the Ten Cities. Everyone was amazed. 21Jesus again crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. A large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.
Read all of Mark 5Mark 5:19 word by word
καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου πρὸς τοὺς σοὺς καὶ ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅσα ὁ κύριός σοι πεποίηκεν καὶ ἠλέησέν σε.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howbeitδέde · thenG1161
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- sufferedἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: permitG863
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- notοὐou · noG3756
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
- homeοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
- ·σύsu · youG4771
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- thy friendsσόςsos · yourG4674
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- tellἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
- how great thingsὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- hath doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- hath had compassion onἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653
Cross-references for Mark 5:19
- Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.
- Isaiah 38:9King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again:
- Daniel 4:1From King Nebuchadnezzar. To the people of every province, nation, and language in the world. I wish you peace and prosperity.
- Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to the people of every province, nation, and language all over the world: I wish you peace and prosperity.
- Jonah 2:1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
- John 4:29“Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?”
- Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen as I now present my case to you.”
- Acts 26:4“All the Jews know how I lived the earliest days of my youth with my own people and in Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Mark 5:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Suffered him not - ̔ , Howbeit Jesus, is omitted by ABKLM, twenty-seven others, both the Syriac, both the Persic, Coptic, Gothic, Vulgate, and one of the Itala. Mill and Bengel approve of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it out of the text. Go home to thy friends, etc. - This was the cause why Jesus would not permit him to follow him now, because he would not have the happiness of his relatives deferred, who must exceedingly rejoice at seeing the…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. 19-20Jesus wanted the man to tell others about the great things the Lord had done for him. Thus, Mark identifies Jesus as the Lord. tell them how much: Unlike other times, Jesus did not hide his identity, possibly because it was safer in this non-Jewish area (see 3:11–12). the Decapolis: See study note on Matthew 4:24–25.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, &c.--To be a missionary for Christ, in the region where he was so well known and so long dreaded, was a far nobler calling than to follow Him where nobody had ever heard of him, and where other trophies not less illustrious could be raised by the same power and grace.Read the comment
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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
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