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who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
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Beyond Human Control
Commentators emphasize that the man's condition was hopeless by human standards. The detail that 'no man could any more bind him' shows that all human efforts to restrain or control him had been tried and had failed completely. This sets the stage to magnify the divine power of Jesus, who is about to succeed where all human strength could not.
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No man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain (ουδε αλυσε ουδεις εδυνατο αυτον δησα). Instrumental case αλυσε, a handcuff (…
19th Century
Bishop
No man could bind him.—The better manuscripts give, “no man could any longer bind him.” The attempt had been so …
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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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…
16th Century
Theologian
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…
17th Century
Pastor
Who had his dwelling among the tombs Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is F…
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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…