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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they came to him, and awoke him,.... That is, the disciples came from some part of the ship, to the hinder part of it, where Christ was asleep; and by their shrieks and cries, and repeated vociferations, awaked him out of sleep: saying, Master, Master, we perish. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, only read "master", without a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them, where is your faith?.... That is, he said so to his disciples, who had professed faith in him, but now discovered very little: and they being afraid, wondered; being filled with awful sense of his majesty, were amazed at his power and authority, in rebuking the wind and sea, which at once obeyed him, and were still: saying...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes,.... In Matthew 8:28 it is called the country of the Gergesenes, [See comments on Matthew 8:28] as it is here, in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; and "of the Gerasenes", in the Vulgate Latin; but the Syriac and Persic versions read, "of the Gadarenes", as in Mr 5:1. [See comments on Mr 5:1]. which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. To what a frightful state of wretchedness this poor creature was reduced by Satanic power! Yet...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he went forth to land,.... The Persic and Ethiopic versions read, when they went forth to land; when Christ and his disciples came out of the ship, and went ashore: there met him out of the city a certain man; or rather, there met him a certain man of the city; that is, one that belonged to, and was an inhabitant of Gadera, or some city...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When he saw Jesus,.... Even afar off, at some considerable distance, he ran towards him, Mr 5:6. He cried out, and fell down before him; that is, the man possessed with the devil did so, under his impulse, and through his agitation of him: and with a loud voice said; which was the unclean spirit in the man: what have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. See the devil can make men pray against themselves; and this is what they do in common profane swearing when they imprecate all manner of curses upon their eyes and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For he had commanded the unclean spirit..... That had the rest of the devils under his authority, and power, to come out of the man; this he had done, either before, or just as he came up to him; [See comments on Mr 5:8]. For oftentimes it had caught him; possessed him, and wrought so strongly in him, and with so much fury, that there was no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bonds, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) Such cases have we often seen, — young men who have been rescued from a course of vice, and who have been for a season helped...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this man might be the more known; and partly, that his own power might be the more manifest in the dispossession: and he said, legion, because many...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. So, you see, dear friends, that devils can pray: “They besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep;” that is, to their place of torment...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they besought him,.... That is, all the devils, the whole legion of them, entreated Jesus, under whose power, and at whose dispose they were: that he would not command them to go out into the deep; meaning, not the deep waters of the sea, for thither they ran the swine at their own request; but the bottomless pit of hell, where others of these...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there was there an herd of many swine,.... About two thousand, Mr 5:13, Feeding on the mountain; [See comments on Mr 5:11] And they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them; which they could not do, without his leave: and he suffered them: [See comments on Mr 5:12] [See comments on Mr 5:13]
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. Our proverb says, “They run hard whom the devil...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then went the devils out of the man,.... Being obliged by the power of Christ, sore against their wills, having had possession of him a long time: and entered into the swine; possessed them: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake; that is of Gennesaret; or the sea, as the Syriac and Persic versions read; that is, the sea of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When they that fed them saw what was done,.... That the devils went out of the man possessed by them, and entered into the herd of swine, which becoming mad therewith, ran furiously down the precipice into the sea, and were drowned: they fled; as persons affrighted, at these uncommon and surprising events, and as afraid to see their owners: and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. Sometimes, Christ wrought cures which were scarcely mentioned; but here, — and I only remember a second miracle at all like to it, — that of the withering of the barren fig-tree, — he wrought a miracle of judgment, and it caused a great stir...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then they went out to see what was done,.... That is, the inhabitants of the city, or cities and villages, and houses in the fields; these went out from their respective places of abode, to see with their own eyes, what the swine herds had related to them, concerning the man that had been possessed with devils, and what was become of the swine:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they went out to see what was done and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. There was some clothing work done that day. I know not who provided the garments; but here was some real practical Christianity exhibited, not only...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They also which saw it,.... The disciples of Christ, or the men of the ship, or persons who lived hard by in the fields, who were eyewitnesses of these several things: told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed; [See comments on Mr 5:16].