Passage Research
Mark 5 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus casts out a legion of demons, heals a woman with a hemorrhage, and raises the daughter of Jairus from death. Below is a research summary for Mark 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 43
- verses
- 698 / 219
- Greek words / lemmas
- 45
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Mark 5 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πολύς | polýs | G4183 | 9 | abundant, altogether, common, far |
| ἀρχισυνάγωγος | archisynágōgos | G752 | 4 | ruler of the synagogue |
| χοῖρος | choîros | G5519 | 4 | swine |
| παρακαλέω | parakaléō | G3870 | 5 | beseech, call for, comfort, desire |
| ἅπτω | háptomai | G680 | 4 | touch |
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 5 | company, multitude, number, people |
| παιδίον | paidíon | G3813 | 4 | child, damsel |
How preachers through history handled this text
45 public-domain excerpts on Mark 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be, and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor wretched creature! Many there are that rise up against us. We are not a match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 5:1–20 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gerasa— Mark 5:1
- Decapolis— Mark 5:20
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