I. The recollection of our Christless state should beget a spirit of distrust in ourselves. The healed man was naturally anxious to remain at the side of his healer.
II. We see here the possibility of being under the protection of Christ even though far from His physical presence. The healed man was as surely under the care of Christ when miles away as when within reach of His hand. Christ always pointed towards a spiritual reign, and both incidentally and directly discouraged trust in merely fleshly presence and power.
Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 84.
References: Mark 5:18; Mark 5:19. H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxv., p. 163.Mark 5:19. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. iii., No. 109; H. W. Beecher, Plymouth Pulpit Sermons,4th series, p. 27.