No man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain (ουδε αλυσε ουδεις εδυνατο αυτον δησα). Instrumental case αλυσε, a handcuff (…

No man could bind him.—The better manuscripts give, “no man could any longer bind him.” The attempt had been so …

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…

The possessed man lived in the tombs. Often in Palestine people were buried in natural caves or in tombs cut out of the limestone rock. It was a na…

And no man could bind him, not even with chains. Naturally, he was not able to break the chains; and therefore we infer that Satan is some…

Who had his dwelling among the tombs
Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is ^F…

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…