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

1They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. 2As soon as Yeshua got out of the boat, a man from the graveyard with an unclean spirit met Him. He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him anymore, even with a chain. 4For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been ripped apart by him and the shackles broken. No one was strong enough to tame him. 5And through it all, night and day, at the graveyard and in the mountains, he kept screaming and gashing 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• dwellingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• dwellingκατοίκησιςkatoikēsis · dwellingG2731
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the tombsμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• bindδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• no, notοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• with chainsἅλυσιςhalusis · chainG254

Cross-references for Mark 5:3

• Mark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t!”
• Isaiah 65:4sitting among graves, spending the night in cave-tombs; eating swine’s flesh, and the broth of detestable things is in their pots,
• Daniel 4:32All the inhabitants of earth are counted as nothing. He does as He wills with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can hold back His hand, or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’
• Luke 8:29For Yeshua commanded the defiling spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him so that, even though he was restrained and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demons into the desert.

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