Bible Chapter Summary
Mark 5 Summary
Legion Healed and Two Resurrections
Jesus crosses the sea to the country of the Gadarenes where he encounters a man with an unclean spirit living among the tombs, so fierce that no chains could hold him. The demon calls himself Legion and begs Jesus to send him into a great herd of swine feeding nearby; Jesus permits it, and the herd rushes violently into the sea and drowns. The healed man is found clothed and in his right mind, but the townspeople fear and ask Jesus to depart. Returning to the other side, Jesus heals a woman with a twelve-year issue of blood who touches his garment in faith, and raises the twelve-year-old daughter of Jairus from death.
Key themes
Key verses
Mark 5:9
“And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.”
Mark 5:34
“And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”
Mark 5:39
“And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”
Mark 5:42
“And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.”
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