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Mark 5:1 open_in_new
Gadarenes] RV 'Gerasenes.'
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Mark 5:1-43 open_in_new
The Gadarene Demoniac. Jairus' Daughter
1-20. The Gadarene (Gerasene) demoniac (Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:26). See on Mt; Mk's account is much the fullest.
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Mark 5:9 open_in_new
Mk and Lk (not Mt) state that the man called himself 'Legion,' because he believed himself to be possessed by numerous devils.
18-20. Our Lord thought the quiet of home life better for the man than the excitement of going about with Him. He told him to proclaim the miracle, because in this mainly Gentile district there was no danger of popular excitement.
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Mark 5:20 open_in_new
Decapolis] see on Matthew 4:25.
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Mark 5:21-43 open_in_new
The woman with the issue, and Jairus' daughter (Matthew 9:18; Luke 8:40). See on Mt.
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Mark 5:30 open_in_new
Knowing that virtue (peculiar to Mk and Lk).
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Mark 5:37 open_in_new
Mk and Lk (not Mt) mention that Peter, James and John witnessed this miracle. These three were also privileged to be present at the Transfiguration and the Agony in Gethsemane.
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Mark 5:41 open_in_new
Talitha cumi] (peculiar to Mk). St. Mark heard from St. Peter's lips the exact Aramaic words spoken by Jesus.