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Mark 5:3

LonelinessSuffering

1 On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.

2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

4 Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

5 Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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BSB
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
KJV
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
WEB
He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
ASV
who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
DARBY
who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;
BLB
who had [his] dwelling in the tombs. And no longer was anyone able to bind him, not even with a chain,
ÅB
Han hadde sitt tilhold der i gravene, og de kunne ikke lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker;
OTB
Denne mannen bodde blant gravene, og ingen kunne lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker.
B1930
Han hadde sitt tilhold der i gravene, og de kunde ikke lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker;

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  • Isaiah 65:4

    sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

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  • Luke 8:29

    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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  • Daniel 4:32–33

    You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

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  • Mark 9:18–22

    Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

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