Mark 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

Ver. 2. A man with an unclean spirit] Graece, εν πνευματι ακαθαρτω. In an unclean spirit, quod eum spiritus quasi inclusum teneret. (Beza.) So the flesh is called "the old man," as if it were the whole of a natural man; and the devil is said to "work effectually" in such, Ephesians 2:2. See Trapp on " Mar 1:23 "

Mark 5:2

2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,