Out of the boat (εκ του πλοιου). Straightway (ευθυς) Mark says, using the genitive absolute (εξελθοντος αυτου) and then repeating …

A man with an unclean spirit.—The phrase, though not peculiar to Saint Mark, is often used by him where the other Gospels…

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there m…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Those who were in the boat inquired among themselves, What manner of man is this? and now it…

Jesus was immediately confronted by the possessed man, who had seen Jesus from a distance and came running to him (v.6). Since it was already eveni…

And when he was come out of the ship

Some openly willful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are like chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked course…