Mark · Revised Version with Apocrypha
Mark 5 Revised Version with Apocrypha
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1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
1 Καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γεργεσηνῶν.
2 And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
2 καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου εὐθέως ἀπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ,
3 who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
3 ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, καὶ οὔτε ἁλύσεσιν οὐδεὶς ἠδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι,
4 because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.
4 διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πολλάκις πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι δεδέσθαι, καὶ διεσπάσθαι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὰς ἁλύσεις καὶ τὰς πέδας συντετρῖφθαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἴσχυεν αὐτὸν δαμάσαι·
5 And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
5 καὶ διὰ παντὸς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἦν κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις.
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
6 ἰδὼν δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν [ἀπὸ] μακρόθεν ἔδραμε καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτόν,
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
7 καὶ κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγει· τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, Ἰησοῦ, υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου; ὁρκίζω σε τὸν Θεόν, μή με βασανίσῃς.
8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
8 ἔλεγε γὰρ αὐτῷ· ἔξελθε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
9 καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν· τί ὄνομά σοι; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη λέγων· λεγεὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
10 καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν πολλὰ ἵνα μὴ ἀποστείλῃ αὐτοὺς ἔξω τῆς χώρας.
11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.
11 ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἀγέλη χοίρων μεγάλη βοσκομένη πρὸς τῷ ὄρει·
12 And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
12 καὶ παρεκάλεσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ δαίμονες λέγοντες· πέμψον ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, ἵνα εἰς αὐτοὺς εἰσέλθωμεν.
13 And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, [in number ]about two thousand; and they were choked in the sea.
13 καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς εὐθέως ὁ Ἰησοῦς. καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους· καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν δὲ ὡς δισχίλιοι· καὶ ἐπνίγοντο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.
14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.
14 καὶ οἱ βόσκοντες τοὺς χοίρους ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς· καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστι τὸ γεγονός.
15 And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with devils sitting, clothed and in his right mind, [even ]him that had the legion: and they were afraid.
15 καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ θεωροῦσι τὸν δαιμονιζόμενον καθήμενον καὶ ἱματισμένον καὶ σωφρονοῦντα, τὸν ἐσχηκότα τὸν λεγεῶνα, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν.
16 And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with devils, and concerning the swine.
16 καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες πῶς ἐγένετο τῷ δαιμονιζομένῳ καὶ περὶ τῶν χοίρων.
17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
17 καὶ ἤρξαντο παρακαλεῖν αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν.
18 And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with devils besought him that he might be with him.
18 καὶ ἐμβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ὁ δαιμονισθεὶς ἵνα μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ᾖ.
19 And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and [how ]he had mercy on thee.
19 καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου πρὸς τοὺς σοὺς καὶ ἀνάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅσα σοι ὁ Κύριος πεποίηκε καὶ ἠλέησέ σε.
20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
20 καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ πάντες ἐθαύμαζον.
21 And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto him: and he was by the sea.
21 Καὶ διαπεράσαντος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ πάλιν εἰς τὸ πέραν συνήχθη ὄχλος πολὺς ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, καὶ ἦν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν.
22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he falleth at his feet,
22 Καὶ ἔρχεται εἷς τῶν ἀρχισυναγώγων, ὀνόματι Ἰάειρος, καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν πίπτει πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ
23 and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: [I pray thee], that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.
23 καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν πολλά, λέγων ὅτι τὸ θυγάτριόν μου ἐσχάτως ἔχει, ἵνα ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας, ὅπως σωθῇ καὶ ζήσεται.
24 And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.
24 καὶ ἀπῆλθε μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, καὶ συνέθλιβον αὐτόν.
25 And a woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
25 Καὶ γυνή τις οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἔτη δώδεκα,
26 and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
26 καὶ πολλὰ παθοῦσα ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἰατρῶν καὶ δαπανήσασα τὰ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῆς πάντα, καὶ μηδὲν ὠφεληθεῖσα, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλθοῦσα,
27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.
27 ἀκούσασα περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ·
28 For she said, If I touch but his garments, I shall be made whole.
28 ἔλεγε γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῇ ὅτι ἐὰν ἅψωμαι κἂν τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ, σωθήσομαι.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.
29 καὶ εὐθέως ἐξηράνθη ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔγνω τῷ σώματι ὅτι ἴαται ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγος.
30 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power [proceeding ]from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?
30 καὶ εὐθέως ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐπιγνοὺς ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν ἐξελθοῦσαν, ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἔλεγε· τίς μου ἥψατο τῶν ἱματίων;
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
31 καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· βλέπεις τὸν ὄχλον συνθλίβοντά σε, καὶ λέγεις τίς μου ἥψατο;
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
32 καὶ περιεβλέπετο ἰδεῖν τὴν τοῦτο ποιήσασαν.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
33 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ φοβηθεῖσα καὶ τρέμουσα, εἰδυῖα ὃ γέγονεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ, ἦλθε καὶ προσέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
34 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· θύγατερ, ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε· ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ ἴσθι ὑγιὴς ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγός σου.
35 While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue’s [house], saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
35 Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἔρχονται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου λέγοντες ὅτι ἡ θυγάτηρ σου ἀπέθανε· τί ἔτι σκύλλεις τὸν διδάσκαλον;
36 But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
36 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εὐθέως ἀκούσας τὸν λόγον λαλούμενον λέγει τῷ ἀρχισυναγώγῳ· μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.
37 And he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
37 καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὑτῷ οὐδένα συνακολουθῆσαι εἰ μὴ Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰακώβου.
38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and [many ]weeping and wailing greatly.
38 καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου, καὶ θεωρεῖ θόρυβον, [καὶ] κλαίοντας καὶ ἀλαλάζοντας πολλά,
39 And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
39 καὶ εἰσελθὼν λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί θορυβεῖσθε καὶ κλαίετε; τὸ παιδίον οὐκ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.
40 ὁ δὲ ἐκβαλὼν πάντας παραλαμβάνει τὸν πατέρα τοῦ παιδίου καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τοὺς μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσπορεύεται ὅπου ἦν τὸ παιδίον ἀνακείμενον,
41 And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.
41 καὶ κρατήσας τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ παιδίου λέγει αὐτῇ· ταλιθά, κοῦμι· ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον, τὸ κοράσιον, σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειρε.
42 And straightway the damsel rose up, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straightway with a great amazement.
42 καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέστη τὸ κοράσιον καὶ περιεπάτει· ἦν γὰρ ἐτῶν δώδεκα. καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἐκστάσει μεγάλῃ.
43 And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that [something ]should be given her to eat.
43 καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἵνα μηδεὶς γνῷ τοῦτο· καὶ εἶπε δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν.
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Jairus
A synagogue leader who fell at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come heal his daughter, who was raised from death.
Cited in the guide: Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41
Cross references (40)
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- 1 Luke 8:26–39; Matthew 8:28–34; Mark 4:35
- 2 Mark 1:23; Isaiah 65:4; Mark 5:8; Luke 9:42; Mark 1:26
- 3 Isaiah 65:4; Luke 8:29; Daniel 4:32–33; Mark 9:18–22
- 4 James 3:7–8
- 5 1 Kings 18:28; Job 2:7–8; John 8:44
- 6 James 2:19; Psalm 66:3; Luke 4:41; Psalm 72:9; Acts 16:17
- 7 Matthew 8:29; Acts 16:17; Matthew 26:63; Jude 6; Matthew 4:3
- 8 Acts 16:18; Mark 9:25–26; Mark 1:25
- 9 Luke 8:30; Mark 5:15; Matthew 26:53; Luke 11:21–26; Matthew 12:45
- 10 Mark 3:22; Mark 5:13
- 11 Isaiah 66:3; Leviticus 11:7–8; Deuteronomy 14:8; Matthew 8:30; Luke 8:32
- 12 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Luke 22:31–32; Job 1:10–12; Job 2:5
- 13 Job 2:6; 1 Peter 3:22; 1 Kings 22:22; John 8:44; Matthew 8:32
- 14 Luke 8:34; Matthew 8:33
- 15 Colossians 1:13; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Samuel 6:20–21; Mark 5:9; Isaiah 49:24–25
- 17 Matthew 8:34; Mark 1:24; Luke 8:37; Genesis 26:16; Mark 5:7
- 18 Luke 8:38–39; Philippians 1:23–24; Mark 5:17; Psalm 116:12; Mark 5:7
- 19 Psalm 66:16; John 4:29; Daniel 6:25–27; Daniel 4:1–3; Isaiah 38:9–20
- 20 Matthew 4:25; Mark 7:31
- 21 Matthew 9:1; Mark 4:1; Luke 8:40
- 22 Luke 13:14; Acts 13:15; Acts 18:8; Acts 18:17; Mark 5:35–36
- 23 Luke 13:13; Mark 16:18; Luke 4:40; Acts 28:8; Mark 7:32
- 24 Mark 5:31; Mark 3:9–10; Mark 3:20; Luke 7:6; Luke 8:45
- 25 Leviticus 15:25–27; Luke 8:43–44; Matthew 9:20–22; Leviticus 15:19–20; John 5:5–6
- 26 Jeremiah 30:12–13; Job 13:4; Psalm 108:12; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 51:8
- 27 Acts 19:12; Acts 5:15; Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56; 2 Kings 13:21
- 29 Mark 5:34; Psalm 103:3; Psalm 30:2; Mark 3:10; Psalm 147:3
- 30 Luke 6:19; Luke 8:46; Luke 5:17; 1 Peter 2:9
- 31 Luke 8:45; Luke 9:12
- 33 Luke 8:47; Luke 1:12; Psalm 116:12–14; Psalm 30:2; Luke 1:29
- 34 Luke 8:48; Matthew 9:22; Luke 7:50; Luke 18:42; Mark 5:29
- 35 Luke 8:49; John 11:39; Mark 10:17; Luke 7:6–7; John 5:25
- 36 Luke 8:50; Matthew 9:28–29; John 11:40; Mark 9:23; Romans 4:18–24
- 37 Mark 14:33; Acts 9:40; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 8:51
- 38 Matthew 9:23–24; Luke 8:52–53; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Mark 5:22; Matthew 11:17
- 39 Acts 20:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Daniel 12:2; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
- 40 Nehemiah 2:19; Matthew 7:6; Job 12:4; Luke 16:14; Luke 8:53–54
- 41 Mark 1:31; Luke 7:14–15; John 5:28–29; Luke 8:54–55; John 11:43–44
- 42 Mark 1:27; Acts 3:10–13; Mark 6:51; Mark 4:41; Mark 7:37
- 43 Matthew 8:4; Mark 7:36; Mark 1:43; Matthew 9:30; Luke 8:56
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For after she had been thus afflicted during twelve years, she was healed by the advent of the Saviour, when she had touched the border of His garment; and on this account the Saviour said, "Who touched me?" --teaching his disciples the mystery which had occurred among the Æons, and the healing of that Æon who had been involved in …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
With this view He both walks more leisurely, and discourses more with the woman; that He might give time for the damsel to die, and for those to come, who told of it, and said, "Trouble not the Master." This again surely the evangelist obscurely signifies, when he saith, "While He yet spake, there came from the house certain which …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… as though He would now be only wearying Himself in vain, word was brought to her father, "Thy daughter is dead, why weariest thou the Master any further?" But He went on, and said to the father of the damsel, "Be not afraid, only believe." He comes to the house, and finds the customary funeral obsequies already prepared, and He …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… But He went on, and said to the father of the damsel, "Be not afraid, only believe." He comes to the house, and finds the customary funeral obsequies already prepared, and He says to them, "Weep not, for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth." He spake the truth; she was asleep; asleep, that is, in respect of Him, by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)