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Selected Verse: Mark 5:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:13 |
King James |
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave--In Matthew (Mat 8:32) this is given with majestic brevity--"Go!" The owners, if Jews, drove an illegal trade; if heathens, they insulted the national religion: in either case the permission was just.
And the unclean spirits went out--of the man.
and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently--rushed.
down a steep place--down the hanging cliff.
into the sea (they were about two thousand)--The number of them is given by this graphic Evangelist alone.
and were choked in the sea--"perished in the waters" (Mat 8:32). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Ran (ὥρμησεν)
The verb indicates hasty, headlong motion. Hence, as Rev., rushed.
Two Thousand.
As usual, Mark alone gives the detail of number.
A steep place
But the noun has the definite article: τοῦ κρημνοῦ, the steep, as Rev. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Gave them leave - For επετρεψεν, DH, three others, and three copies of the Itala have επεμψεν, sent them. |
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.