Mark 5:13

Mark 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.

Context of Mark 5:13

11Now there was there near to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 12And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And immediately Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. 14And 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. 15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Mark 5:13 word by word

καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ὡς δισχίλιοι καὶ ἐπνίγοντο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• gaveἐπιτρέπωepitrepō · to permitG2010
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• uncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartos · uncleanG169
• spiritsπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• swineχοῖροςchoiros · pigG5519
• herdἀγέληagelē · herdG34
• ranὁρμάωhormaō · to stampedeG3729
• downκατάkata · according toG2596
• placeκρημνόςkrēmnos · cliffG2911
• seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• wereἦνēn · wasG2258
• aboutὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• thousandδισχίλιοιdischilioi · two thousandG1367
• chokedπνίγωpnigō · to chokeG4155
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Mark 5:13

• 1 Kings 22:22And the LORD said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• Job 1:12And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
• Job 2:6And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but save his life.
• Matthew 8:32And he said to them, Go. And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
• 1 Peter 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
• Revelation 13:5And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months.
• Revelation 20:7And when the thousand years have ended, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,
• John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• Revelation 9:11And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath his name Apollyon.

Commentaries on Mark 5:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Gave them leave - For , DH, three others, and three copies of the Itala have , sent them.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. 10-13The spirits kept begging Jesus, which shows his authority over them. Jesus allowed them to enter a herd of about 2,000 pigs. The pigs show that this was Gentile (non-Jewish) territory. Some people focus on the loss of the pigs or ask why Jesus allowed the demons to destroy them. But Mark and his audience focused on how Jesus saved the man.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave--In Matthew (Mt 8:32) this is given with majestic brevity--"Go!" The owners, if Jews, drove an illegal trade; if heathens, they insulted the national religion: in either case the permission was just. And the unclean spirits went out--of the man. and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently--rushed. down a steep place--down the hanging cliff. into the sea (they were about two thousand)--The number of them…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 5:13

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

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Choke
• Clothes
• Devil
• Gergesa
• Legion
• Lie
• Straightway

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