OET interlinear MARK 5:6

Section 5:1–20: Jesus freed a man whom many evil spirits controlled

After the storm, Jesus and his disciples arrived at the northeastern shore of Lake Galilee. This was a region where many Gentiles lived.

When Jesus and his disciples arrived, a man who was controlled by many evil spirits immediately came to Jesus. Jesus commanded the evil spirits to leave the man. When the evil spirits left, they went to control a large herd of pigs and destroyed those pigs.

“Uncleanness” is a theme in this story. The evil spirits that controlled the man were called “unclean” spirits. Tombs were “unclean.” Jews also considered pigs to be “unclean.” Jesus showed his power over evil spirits when he healed the man.

It is good if you translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus commanded many unclean spirits to leave a man

The deliverance of a man who was controlled by many unclean spirits

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 8:28–34 and Luke 8:26–39.

Paragraph 5:6–10

In this paragraph, it is not always clear whether the text refers to the unclean spirit that controlled the man or to the man himself. Languages have different ways of referring to the actions and speech of people who are controlled by unclean spirits. Some languages use different pronouns or other forms to refer to people and spirits. Use natural ways in your language to refer to the unclean spirit and the man in each context.

When the man saw Jesus from a distance,

• ¶ When he saw Jesus from far away,

• ¶ When he was on the hillside, he saw Jesus on the lakeshore some distance away.

he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

• he ran to him, kneeled on the ground in front of him,

• Then he ran to where Jesus/he was and bowed low at the feet of Jesus/him to show respect.

General Comment on 5:2–6

In many languages, it is more natural to follow chronological order or to give background information first. In these languages, it may be necessary to reorder the information in these verses. Here is one example:

On that side of the lake ^2bthere lived a man who had an evil spirit. ^3aHe lived among tombs ^5ain the hills and there continually day and night ^5bhe was screaming and cutting himself with stones. ^4aPeople had often tried to restrain him by binding him with chains on his wrists and iron shackles on his ankles, ^4bbut he had always managed to snap the chains and break the shackles to get loose. ^3bSo no one was able any longer to keep him bound ^4cfor no one had enough strength to control him. ^2aAs Jesus was getting out of the boat, ^6athis man saw Jesus from a long way off ^6band ran ^2cfrom the tombs up to him ^6band knelt before him.