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Mark 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Mark 5:2Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 5:216 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐξελθόντοςexelthontos
come (forth, out), depart (out of)verbG1831
αὐτοῦautou
HimpronounG846
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
πλοίουploiou
boatnounG4143
εὐθὺςeuthys
anon, by and by, forthwithadjectiveG2117
ὑπήντησενhypēntēsen
(go to) meetverbG5221
αὐτῷautō
he / she / it / samepronounG846
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
μνημείωνmnēmeiōn
tombsnounG3419
ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
a mannounG444
ἐνen
withprepositionG1722
πνεύματιpneumati
a spiritnounG4151
ἀκαθάρτῳakathartō
uncleanadjectiveG169
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 5:2

Those who were in the ship enquired among themselves, 'What manner of man is this?' and now it is made known Who He is by the testimony of His enemies. For the demoniac came up confessing that He was the Son of God. Proceeding to which circumstance the Evangelist says, 'And they came over unto the other side, &c.'

Theophylact · 11th century

Geraza is a noted town of Arabia, across the Jordan, near mount Galaad, which the tribe of Manasseh held, not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were precipitated.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 21

Though Matthew says that there were two, Mark and Luke mention one, that you may understand that one of them was a more illustrious person, concerning whose state that country was much afflicted.

Augustine · 4th century · de Con. Evan., 2, 24
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