Mark 5:3 (BSB)
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
Commentary on Mark 5:3
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 5:3: Mark 5:3. And no man could bind him, not even with chains Naturally, he was not able to break the chains; and hence we infer that Satan is sometimes permitted to make extraordinary movements, the effect of which goes beyond our comprehension and beyond ordinary means.
- 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 5:3: Who had his dwelling among the tombs,.... Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is (q). "the sign of a madman, that he goeth out in the night, , "and lodges among the tombs", and rends his garments, and loses what is given to him.'' The same they say, in the same place, of an hypochondriac, and...
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Mark 5:3: Who had his dwelling among the tombs - See Mat 8:28.