Mark 5:2

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Mark 5:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.

2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

3 This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

4 Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 65:4

sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

Luke 8:27

When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.

Mark 5:8

For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”

Mark 1:23

Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit cried out in the synagogue:

Mark 1:26

At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.

Mark 3:30

Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Mark 7:25

Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.

Luke 9:42

Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.