Mark 5:15

Webster's Bible (1833)

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

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  • Mark 5:9 : 9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
  • Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
  • 1 Sam 6:20-21 : 20 The men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come you down, and bring it up to you.
  • 1 Sam 16:4 : 4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably?
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.
  • Job 13:11 : 11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
  • Ps 14:5 : 5 There they were in great fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.
  • Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? 25 But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
  • Matt 9:33 : 33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
  • Matt 12:29 : 29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
  • Mark 5:4 : 4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
  • 1 Chr 13:12 : 12 David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
  • Mark 5:16 : 16 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
  • Mark 5:18 : 18 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
  • Luke 8:27 : 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
  • Luke 8:35-36 : 35 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 36 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

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  • Luke 8:26-38
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    26They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.

    28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"

    29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

    30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.

    31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

    32Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

    33The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

    34When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

    35People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

    36Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

    37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

    38But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • Mark 5:16-18
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    16Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.

    17They began to beg him to depart from their region.

    18As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

  • Mark 5:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."

    13At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

    14Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

  • Matt 8:28-34
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    28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.

    29Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

    30Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

    31The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

    32He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

    33Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

    34Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

  • Mark 5:1-10
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    1They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

    2When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

    4because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

    5Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

    6When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,

    7and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."

    8For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

    9He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

    10He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

  • Mark 1:25-27
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    25Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

    26The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

    27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Luke 4:33
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    33In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

  • Luke 4:35-36
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    35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

    36Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

  • Matt 9:32
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    32As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.

  • Luke 5:26
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    26Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

  • Mark 9:20
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    20They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • Acts 19:16
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    16The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

  • Mark 1:32
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    32At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

  • Mark 9:25
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    25When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"