Mark 5:1 (BSB)
On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.
Commentary on Mark 5:1
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 5:1-20: We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. This he did when he was come to the other side, whither he went through a storm; his business there was to rescue this poor creature out of the hands of Satan, and when he had done that, he returned.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 5:1: Verses 1-20. See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in Barnes Notes on . (q) "And they came"
- William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Mark 5:1: This piece of history gives us a very sad relation of a person that was possessed with a legion of devils: we read of few, if any, in the Old Testament, that were thus possessed, but of many in the New Testament.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 5:1: And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. (1) Many hold the virtue of Christ in admiration, and yet they will not lose even the least thing they have in order to redeem it. (a)See Geneva "Mt 8:30"