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A Deliberate Rescue Mission
Commentators note that Jesus met the man "straightway" upon landing. This wasn't a chance encounter. Scholars suggest Jesus crossed the sea with the specific purpose of healing this man, demonstrating His power over demons and His mission to seek out even the most hopeless and isolated individuals.
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AT Robertson
On Mark 5:2
Out of the boat (εκ του πλοιου). Straightway (ευθυς) Mark says, using the genitive absolute (εξελθοντος αυτου) and then repeating …
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
A man with an unclean spirit.—The phrase, though not peculiar to Saint Mark, is often used by him where the other Gospels…
Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 5:1–6
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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On Mark 5:2
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…
John Gill
On Mark 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
And when he was come out of the ship
As soon as he was landed,
immediately there met him out of…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 5:1–20
17th Century
Minister
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…