Mark 5:3 “This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restraine…”

Mark 5:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

World English Bible

He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

American Standard Version

who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

Geneva Bible 1599

Who had his abiding among the graues, and no man could binde him, no not with chaines:

Darby Translation

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

Young's Literal Translation

who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,

Bible in Basic English

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

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Cross references

“Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:”

Isaiah 65:4 Luke 8:29 Mark 9:18–22 Daniel 4:32 Daniel 4:33

Isaiah 65:4 · BSB

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

Luke 8:29 · BSB

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 place…

Mark 9:18–22 · BSB

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.”

Daniel 4:32 · BSB

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 manki…

Daniel 4:33 · BSB

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an ea…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

4Though 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.

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