Mark 5:14

Mark 5:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
• New International Version (NIV)Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.

Context of Mark 5:14

12“Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.” 13So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water. The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened. 15A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid. 16Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs.

Mark 5:14 word by word

καὶ οἱ βόσκοντες αὐτοὺς ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς. καὶ ἦλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστιν τὸ γεγονός.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they that fedβόσκωboskō · to feedG1006
• the swineχοῖροςchoiros · pigG5519
• fledφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• toldἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• the countryἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
• they went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• to seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• it wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• that was doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Mark 5:14

• Matthew 8:33The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men.
• Luke 8:34When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran.

Commentaries on Mark 5:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The swine - Instead of , BCDL, three others, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Vulgate, and Itala, read , them - And they that fed Them fled. Griesbach has adopted this reading.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. 1-20Jesus and the disciples reached the other side of the lake, finishing the journey started in 4:35. As in 1:21–28 and 3:11, the demons recognized that Jesus was the Son of the Most High God (1:34). For the first time in the Gospel of Mark, a Gentile was healed by Jesus (see study note on 5:10–13; compare 7:24–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it--"told everything, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils" (Mt 8:33). in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done--Thus had they the evidence, both of the herdsmen and of their own senses, to the reality of both miracles.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 5:14

• Demons
• Gadarenes
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Swine

In the dictionaries

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

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