Mark chapter 5 in Greek. Gospel of Mark

And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

And when He came out of the boat, He was immediately met by a man who had come out of the tombs and was possessed. unclean spirit;

He had a home in coffins, and no one could even bind him with chains;

Because many times he was bound with shackles and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the shackles, and no one was able to tame him;

Always, night and day, in the mountains and coffins, he screamed and beat against the stones.

Seeing Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him,

For Jesus said to him, “Come out of this man, the unclean spirit.”

And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said, My name is Legion, for we are many.

And they asked Him a lot so that He would not send them out of that country.

There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the mountain.

And all the demons asked Him, saying: Send us among the swine, that we may enter into them.

Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.

It's very bright, but quite creepy story, one of those where we have to try hard and read between the lines, because it thinks and speaks in terms that were very familiar to the people of Palestine in the time of Jesus, but completely foreign to us.

This story must be read in connection with everything that preceded it - and this is Mark's intention - everything happened in the evening, or even when night had already fallen. The story takes on an increasingly mysterious and scary character as night shadows fall on the action scene. In Art. 35 directly states that it was evening when Jesus and His disciples went to the other side. Maximum length The Sea of ​​Galilee is twenty-one kilometers long, its greatest width is twelve. In the place indicated in this story, it was about eight kilometers, and on the way they were caught by a storm, and now they have reached the shore. It was in the coastal area that there were many caves in the limestone rocks, and many of them served as burial grounds. Even in best time During the day it must have been an eerie place, but at night it was completely gloomy.

A possessed man emerged from his grave.

We will understand absolutely nothing from this story if we do not imagine what difficult case This man represented demonic possession. It is clear that Jesus was not immediately able to heal him. In Art. 8 says that Jesus first used His usual method of commanding the demon to come out. But this time it did not bring success. Then Jesus asked the name of the demon. At that time, it was believed that by learning the name of a demon, a person acquired some kind of power over it. An ancient logical formula says: “I conjure you, demonic spirit, whoever you are, tell me who you are?” People believed that when the name of a demon is known, its power is broken. But in in this case even this turned out to be insufficient.

This man needed release. And here for the first time a herd of pigs grazing on the hillside is mentioned. The demons began to ask Jesus to send them to the pigs. This is what He did. The herd began to run and rushed down the slope into the sea. There are fastidious people who reproach Jesus for using the death of pigs to free a possessed man. You must, of course, be completely blind to look at things like that. How can the fate of pigs be compared with the fate of the immortal soul of man? One must assume that people do not mind eating meat at dinner, and do not refuse pork, even though the pig was killed for this purpose. And without a doubt, if a man kills animals to satisfy his hunger, there is no objection if the salvation of a man's soul requires the death of a herd of pigs. There are such cheap, sensitive souls who are ready to sigh over the pain of animals and do not lift an eyebrow in concern for millions of Christians and believers. We do not want to say, however, that we should not be concerned about the fate of God’s other creations - animals and beasts - because God loves every creation of His hands, but we want to say that man must maintain a sense of proportion; and in God’s eyes there is nothing more important than a person’s soul.

Brand 5.14-17 Asking Christ to leave

Those who were tending the pigs ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And the residents came out to see what had happened.

They come to Jesus and see that the demoniac, in whom the legion was, is sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Those who saw it told them about how this happened to the possessed man and about the pigs.

And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.

It goes without saying that the swineherds went to the city and to the peasants to inform them of the unusual incident. The curious who arrived at the scene saw the former violently insane man dressed and in complete control of himself. The wild and naked madman became a sane and reasonable citizen. And suddenly something unusual happened, paradoxically unexpected for everyone. One would have expected that those who came would greet what happened with a feeling of joy, but they looked at it with horror. One might also expect that they would urge Jesus to stay with them and demonstrate His amazing power, but they asked Him to quickly leave the area. Why? A man was healed, but their pigs died, and therefore they did not want such a repetition. Their usual way of life was upset and they wished that the troublemaker would leave as soon as possible.

Very often there is a defiant cry from a person: “Please leave me alone!” What people need most is to be left alone.

1. People instinctively say: "Don't disturb my peace." If someone came to us and said: “I can give you a world in which all people will be better off, but your peace and comfort will, at least for a while, be disrupted and you will have to make do with less so that others can have ", most of them would say: "I would say it's better to leave everything as it is." As a matter of fact, this is almost how we now live in an era of social revolutions. We live in an era of redistribution, not only in this country, in England, but also in developing countries. We live in an era in which, for the vast majority of people, living conditions are much better than ever; and hence the indignation of those who have lost part of their comforts.

There is so much talk around about what life is owes us. As a matter of fact, life does not owe us absolutely anything, the situation is just the opposite - we owe it everything. We are followers of the One who sacrificed heavenly glory for the sake of earthly poverty, who sacrificed divine joy for the sake of torment on the cross. This is a purely human desire that no one disturbs our peace and comfort, and this is a heavenly feeling - to be ready to sacrifice so that others get more.

2. People instinctively say: "Don't touch mine." And this is the other side of the same problem. No one voluntarily gives away what he may own. The older we get, the more we are willing to carry towards ourselves. Borrow, who knew the gypsies well, writes that gypsy fortune tellers always promise various pleasures to the young, and predict wealth and only wealth to the old, “because they (the gypsies) know well enough human heart“After all, the last thing to fade in a person is the feeling of greed.” You can quickly check whether a person really believes and is true to his principles when asked whether he is ready to become poorer for them. 3. People instinctively say: "Don't disturb my faith."

a) People say: “Don’t disturb the pleasant appearance my faith is different unpleasant questions" Edmund Cross points out a curious omission in the sermons of the famous divine Jeremy Taylor - "These sermons are among the most effective and penetrating of those preached in English language, but in them one can hardly find a mention of poor people, of their problems; in fact, he is not at all interested in their situation. He preached these sermons in south Wales, where poverty reigned. The cries of the poor and hungry, ill-clad and needy continually ascended to heaven and asked for mercy and justice, but this eloquent saint did not seem to hear them; he lived, wrote and preached surrounded by suffering, need, and yet was hardly aware of their presence.”

It is always more pleasant to preach on the subtleties of theological teachings and doctrines than on the needs and abuses of life. We are reliably aware of cases where in some communities ministers were notified that they would not preach on certain topics only on this condition that they could preach there at all. It should be noted that Jesus got into trouble there not because He spoke about God, but because He spoke about person and about human needs: this is what caused the discontent of the Orthodox Jews.

b) There are people who say: “Don’t let personal relationships get in the way of your faith.” In this regard, James Burns gives a striking example from the life of the famous Italian mystic Angela Foligras. She had the gift of being completely distracted from this world and, returning from her trances, talked about unspeakable things. pleasant communication with God blessing. She said the following: “At that time, by the will of God, my mother died, who was a great hindrance for me in my desire to follow God’s plans, my husband also died and a short time all my children. Due to the fact that I had already entered the predicted path and prayed to God to deliver me from them, I found great consolation in their death, although I felt some sadness.” Her family interfered with her faith. Some religious women prefer committee meetings homework and spend more time thinking than simply serving people. They are proud to serve and be devoted to the Church, but in the eyes of God this is the wrong direction of effort.

c) Other people say: “Don’t destroy my ideas about faith.” This kind of religion is based on the aphorism “What was good for my father is good for me.” There are people who generally do not want to learn anything new, because they are afraid of the associated need to think everything over again and the danger of coming to new conclusions. Cowardice of thought, lethargy of the mind and slumber of the soul are terrible things. The Gadarenes expelled Christ, who disturbed their peace, and even today many people are trying to do the same.

Brand 5.18-20 Witness for Christ

And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him

But Jesus did not allow him, and said to go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how he has had mercy on you.

And he went and began to preach in the Decapolis what Jesus had done to him. And everyone marveled.

This passage represents big interest- from it we learn that everything happened in the Decapolis. The Decapolis means Ten Cities. At the Jordan and on it east coast there were ten cities, which had mainly special status and populated for the most part by the Greeks. Their names are Scythopolis - on west bank Jordan, Pella, Dion, Gadara, Philadelphia, Hippos, Damascus, Gerasa, Raphana and Kanatha. The Greeks began to penetrate into Palestine and Syria in connection with the campaigns and conquests of Alexander the Great.

The Greek cities founded at that time occupied a rather strange position. They were located in Syria, but had considerable independence. They had their own bodies of self-government and minted their own coins; their right to exercise local government extended to the surrounding areas; they had the right to unite in alliances for mutual defense and trade unions. They remained in this state of semi-independence until the era of the Maccabees, until the middle of the second century BC. The Jewish conquerors the Maccabees subjugated these cities to the rule of the Jews. Around 63 BC, a Roman general and statesman Pompey liberated these cities from the power of the Jews, but their situation remained strange. They continued to be independent to some extent, but the inhabitants had to pay Roman taxes and serve in the Roman army. There were no military garrisons in them, but the headquarters and command of the Roman legions were often located during the eastern campaigns. Mostly Rome ruled this land through tributary kings and could not provide these cities with good protection, and they therefore created a kind of defensive alliance against the Jewish and Arab invasion. These were beautiful cities; they had their own greek gods, greek temples and amphitheatres; and their whole way of life was Greek.

This is very interesting point: If Jesus was in the Decapolis, then this is one of the first hints of future events. There were, of course, Jews there, but in principle it was a Greek region. This is an anticipation of Christ's conquest of the whole world. This is the first sign of Christianity breaking the shackles of Judaism and its entry onto the world stage. Greek character These cities and their importance are shown by the following facts: from Gadara came the great Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, a contemporary of Cicero, the remarkable master of the Greek epigram Meleager, the famous satirist Menippus and the rhetorician Theodore - the teacher of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Something important happened the day Jesus set foot in the Decapolis. Now let's see why Jesus sent the demoniac away.

1. He had to testify to Christianity. He was to be alive, walking among the people, a shining, irrefutable example of what Christ can do for man. Our glory is not in what we can do for Christ, but in what Christ can do for us. Regenerated man is the irrefutable argument of Christianity.

2. He was to be the first seed of a great future harvest. Thus Jesus first came into contact with Greek civilization in the Decapolis. Everything has its origin somewhere, and all the glory brought to Christianity by the Greek mind and genius began with the demon-possessed person healed by Christ. Christ must always begin with someone. And in our society and in our circle - why doesn’t He start with us?

Brand 5.21-24 Hour of need

When Jesus again crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him. He was by the sea.

And then one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, comes and, seeing Him, falls at His feet

And he earnestly asks Him, saying: My daughter is dying; come and lay your hands on her so that she will get well and live.

Jesus went with him. Many people followed Him and pressed Him.

This story has all the elements of tragedy. It's always tragic when a child is sick. It is known that the daughter of the leader of the synagogue was twelve years old. According to Jewish custom, it was believed that at twelve years and one day a girl became a woman. The girl was just at the age to get married, and if death comes at that age, it is doubly tragic. From the story we learn something about the leader of the synagogue. It must have been pretty important person. The head of the synagogue was the administrative head of the synagogue, the chairman of the council of elders, who monitored the proper functioning of the synagogue, and was responsible for conducting services. He himself usually did not take part in the services, but was responsible for the distribution of functions and control over their smooth and normative passage. The leader of the synagogue was one of the most important and respected people communities. But when his daughter got sick, something happened to him and he thought about Jesus.

1. He forgot his prejudices. There is no doubt that he, too, saw in Jesus a renegade, a dangerous heretic, for whom the doors of the synagogue were rightly closed and whom every truly orthodox Jew should avoid. But in the hour of need he was enough reasonable person to give up your prejudices. Prejudice - this is essentially pre-judgement that is, a judgment made by a person before he has become acquainted with the facts or by a person who has refused to study them at all. It was these prejudices that most hindered historical development. Almost every step forward had to be taken in the fight against such prejudices. When James Simpson discovered that chloroform could be used as an anesthetic, especially during childbirth, it was branded as a "devil's bait", outwardly making women happy, but ultimately hardening them and robbing God of the deep and sincere cries that should be raised. to Him in moments of misfortune. A prejudiced person, filled with prejudices, is deprived of many joys.

2. He forgot about self-esteem. He is the ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at the feet of Jesus. People often had to forget their self-esteem in order to save their lives and souls. This is exactly what Naaman had to do (4 Tsar. 5). Naaman came to Elisha to be cured of his leprosy. Elisha ordered him to go and wash himself seven times in the Jordan. This is not how you should have treated the Syrian military leader and the king’s entourage! But Elisha didn’t even tell him about it himself: he sent a messenger. “And aren’t there many better rivers in Syria than this rivulet Jordan?” Naaman thought at first, but he suppressed his pride, swallowed his insult and got rid of leprosy. Is there some more famous story about Diogenes, the Greek Cynic philosopher. He was captured by pirates and brought to the market to be sold into slavery. Diogenes looked at the buyers selling him and, seeing one, said: “Sell me to this man; he needs an owner." This man bought Diogenes and entrusted him with running his household and teaching his son. “It was a good day,” said the owner, “when Diogenes entered my house.” This was indeed true, but that day he was forced to suppress his self-esteem. But often people persist in a mistake out of pride and ruin their souls.

3. He forgot about pride. The leader of the synagogue must have been well aware that he would have to humiliate himself, but he made an effort and came to Jesus of Nazareth to ask Him for help. People don't like to be beholden to anyone; everyone wants to live their own way. The first step on the way Christian life- understand that we owe everything to God.

4. Here we are already entering the area of ​​mental speculation and reflection, but it seems to us that we can say that this man has forgotten his friends. It is quite possible that they discouraged him from turning to Jesus. It’s even very strange that he came himself and didn’t send someone. It is unlikely that he voluntarily agreed to leave his dying daughter. Maybe he came because no one wanted to go. His family suspiciously quickly told him not to bother Jesus anymore. One gets the impression that they would be glad not to turn to Him. It may also be that the leader of the synagogue had to disregard public opinion and the advice of friends in order to call Jesus. Many people act smartest precisely when, in the eyes of the world's wisest people, they act stupidly. Here is a man who has forgotten everything except that he needs the help of Jesus. And through this self-forgetfulness he will remember that Jesus is the Savior.

Brand 5.25-29 The last hope of the sufferer

One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years

She suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came to an even worse state.

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind the crowd and touched His clothes;

For she said: if I touch His clothes, I will get well.

And immediately her source of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her illness.

This woman suffered from a very typical disease, which, however, is very difficult to write about. Even the Talmud lists at least eleven methods for treating this disease. Among them are tonics, strengthening and spasmodic remedies, but some of them are pure superstitions, such as: wearing the ashes of an ostrich egg in linen in summer and cotton in winter, or carrying barley grains found in the dung of a white donkey. This poor woman, of course, has already tried these extreme methods of treatment. After all, the problem was not only that the disease undermined the woman’s health, it made her constantly unclean in the eyes of the law, and prevented her from attending services and in the company of friends. (A lion. 15, 25-27).

Mark talks a little about the madness of doctors here. The woman was treated by everyone, suffered a lot, spent all her fortune on doctors, but she only got worse. In Jewish literature one can find interesting sayings to doctors. “And I went to the doctors,” says one person, “to be treated, but the more they smeared medicine on my eyes, the more my eyes became blinded, until I became completely blind.” (Comrade 5, 10). IN Mishneh, written down around 200, and before that the oral Jewish religious laws, there is a section describing the professions and crafts that a man can teach his son. Rabbi Judah says: “Donkey drivers are mostly evil and immoral, camel drivers are mostly good people, sailors are mostly sinless, the best doctors will go to hell, and the best butchers are friends of Amalek.” But fortunately and in fairness, there are other reviews in the literature: one of the greatest praise for doctors is in the book of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach (one of the apocryphal books written between the Old and New Testaments (in chapter 38, 1-15).

“Honor the doctor according to the need for him;

for the Lord created it,

and healing from the Most High,

and he receives a gift from the king

The doctor's knowledge will raise his head,

and among the nobles he will be held in high esteem.

The Lord created medicine from the earth

and a prudent man will not despise it,

Was it not from the tree that the water became sweet?

so that His power may be known"

This is why He gave people knowledge,

so that they may glorify Him in His wonderful works -

with them he heals a person

and destroys his disease

The one who prepares medicines makes a mixture of them,

and his studies do not end,

and through him good comes on the face of the earth

My son, do not be careless in your illness,

but pray to the Lord and He will heal you

Leave your sinful life and straighten your hands,

and cleanse your heart from all sin

Offer a fragrance and a memorial sacrifice from the gemstone,

and make a fat offering, as if one were already dying.

And give a place to the doctor, for the Lord created him too,

and he will even move away from you, because he is needed.

At other times, success happens in their hands.

For they pray to the Lord,

so that He will help them give the sick relief and healing to continue life.”

But the doctors treated the woman’s illness without success, and then she heard about Jesus. But she had special problem- her illness was of a particularly shy nature; she couldn't just walk up in the crowd and lay it all out publicly, so she decided to touch Jesus without anyone noticing. All pious Jews wore outerwear- a robe with four tassels, one at each corner. These tassels were worn in memory of the commandments of the Lord in Number 15, 38-40, and they were supposed to show others and remind the person himself that the one who wore this dress belonged to chosen by God people were hallmark pious Jew. A woman making her way through the crowd touched just such a brush, and as soon as she touched it, she felt that she was healed. This woman came to Jesus as her last hope: after experiencing all kinds of treatments, she finally turned to Him. Many people turn to Jesus for help when they no longer know what to do, when they are in a hopeless situation. A person may have struggled with temptation until he could no longer, and then he stretched out his hand shouting: “Lord, save me! I'm dying! Perhaps a person was struggling with a very difficult task and, having reached a critical moment, asked for new strength. Perhaps a person tried to achieve virtue, but then felt extremely tired. Man should not wait until circumstances force him to turn to Christ, and yet that is how many come to Him, and even if we come this way, He will not send us away empty-handed.

“When no one can help anymore and there is no support, Help the helpless, oh stay with me.”

Brand 5.30-34 The price of healing

At the same time, Jesus, feeling within Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned among the people and said: Who touched My garment?

The disciples said to Him: You see that the people are crowding You, and you say: Who touched Me?

But He looked around to see the one who did it.

The woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came, fell before Him and told Him the whole truth.

He said to her: daughter! your faith has saved you; Go in peace and be well from your illness.

From this passage we learn something about three people.

1. We learn something about Jesus. We'll find out what it costs Jesus to heal people. Each healing took something away from Him. This is a universal law of life: we can never do anything important or great if we are not ready to put into it some part of our “I”, a part of our life, a part of our soul. A pianist cannot achieve perfect performance if he only performs the score of the piece accurately and technically. The performance will not be brilliant unless at the end the pianist or musician feels extremely tired, if he won't give it his all. And the actor will not be great if every time he pronounces his role and repeats gestures like a good automaton with the correct intonation. His tears must be real tears, his feelings must also be real, he must put something of himself into the game. A priest who has delivered a real sermon leaves the pulpit feeling as if he had lost something.

If we are going to help people, we must be willing to give a part of ourselves; it all depends on our attitude towards people. Large literary critic Matthew. Arnold once said of the middle class: “Look at these people, the clothes they wear, the books they read, the gray matter that shapes their thoughts; Can any money compensate for the misfortune of being one of them? Let's say, one can argue about the meaning of this statement, but the fact is that its source is contempt. Matthew Arnold looked at people with a feeling of disgust and shudder, and such a person cannot help people.

On the contrary, remember the behavior of Moses when the Jews created the golden calf while he was on Mount Sinai. After all, he begged God to blot him out from the book of God if He could not forgive people for their sin (Ex. 32, 30-32). As the Apostle Paul says in Myers, looking at the lost pagan world:

“And trembling - passionate desire pierces the body, like the sound of a trumpet.

Save them! give your life for their salvation,

Die for them eternal life, to sacrifice himself for them.” The greatness of Christ lies precisely in the fact that He was willing to pay the price for helping others, and this price was His life itself. We follow in His footsteps if we are willing to give our soul and our strength, and not just our property, for others.

2. It also says something about disciples. The limitations of the so-called common sense. The disciples looked at the whole situation sensibly. How could Jesus avoid being touched and jostled in such a crowd? This is how prudent people see things. And only now does the strange and bitter fact become apparent that the disciples did not understand at all what each healing cost Jesus. One of important tragedies life lies in the strange insensitivity of the human mind. So often we have no idea what others are going through. Just because we don't have experience in certain areas, we simply can't imagine what it might cost others. Just because this or that comes easily to us, we do not understand what enormous efforts it can cost others. And that’s why we often hurt those we love so much. A person may pray that God would grant him common sense, but sometimes it would be better for him to pray that God would give him that subtle and rich intuition that allows him to see and read in the hearts of people.

3. From the passage we also learn something about the woman. From it we learn about the relief that recognition gives a person. Everything was so difficult, everything was so humiliating, but as soon as she told Jesus the whole truth, the horror and fear passed and a wave of relief filled her heart, she saw that He was very kind to her.

“Do not indulge in fruitless thoughts,

How can you be fit for Him?

The fitness that He requires of you

It’s about making you feel your need for Him.”

It is not difficult for a person who understands you like Jesus to confess.

Brand 5.35-39 Despair and Hope

While He was still saying this, they came from the ruler of the synagogue and said: Your daughter is dead; what else are you bothering Teacher9

But Jesus, having heard these words, immediately said to the leader of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe.

And He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

He comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and sees confusion, and people crying and crying loudly.

And he came in and said to them: Why are you upset and crying? the girl is not dead, but is sleeping.

Jewish mourning customs were very picturesque and elaborate and, in fact, aimed at emphasizing loneliness and final separation through death; Judaism was alien to the idea of ​​a triumphant final victory. As soon as someone died, loud lamentations would be heard to let everyone know that death had come. The lamentations were repeated at the grave. The mourners bent over the dead, begging for an answer from silent lips, beating their chests, tearing their hair and clothes. Clothes were also torn certain rules and standards. This was done before the moment when the body of the deceased finally disappeared from view. Clothes had to be torn from the top to the heart, that is, so that the body was visible on the chest, but not below the waist. Fathers and mothers tore their clothes on the left side above the heart, while others tore them on the right side. Women had to rip their clothes at home, first putting on their underwear backwards so that their bodies were not visible. They tore their outer dress and wore it like that for thirty days. After seven days, the tears in the dress could be lightly sewn up, but so that they were clearly visible. After thirty days, the dress was completely repaired. Flutists played an important role in the funeral ceremony. In everything ancient world- in Rome, Greece, Phenicia, Assyria and Palestine - the cry of flutes was inextricably linked with death and tragedy. By law, a man, no matter how poor, was required to hire at least two flute players for his wife's funeral. W. Taylor cites two interesting examples the use of flutists and flutists, showing how widespread this custom was. Thus, flutists and flutists played at the funeral of the Roman Emperor Claudius. When news of the capture of Jotapata by the Romans reached Jerusalem in 67, according to Josephus, “most of the people hired flute players and flutists to play during their lamentations.” The crying of flutes, the cries of mourners, passionate appeals to the deceased, torn clothes and torn hair - must have turned the Jewish home into a pitiful and sad look during the days of mourning. When someone died, the person wearing mourning had no right to work, to be anointed, or to wear shoes. Even the poorest had to stop working for three days; he could not travel with goods. The ban on work even applied to servants. The person was to sit with his head bowed, and was not to shave or "do anything for his own comfort or comfort." He was not supposed to read the law and the prophets, because such reading was considered joy. He could read The Book of Job, the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations. He could only eat in his own home and abstain from meat and wine. For thirty days he was not to leave the city or village. It was customary to eat not at the table, but sitting on the floor and using a chair as a table. There was a custom, which continues to this day, of eating eggs sprinkled with ash and salt.

There was another one strange custom: they removed all the water from the deceased’s house and from three neighboring houses. The angel of death was believed to inflict death with a sword previously immersed in nearby water. There was also one very touching custom: in the event that a person died very young, not yet married, a kind of marriage ceremony was performed as part of the funeral rite. A person wearing mourning was exempt from observing the law for the entire period of mourning. It was believed that he was beside himself, mad with grief. He had to attend synagogue; upon entering, everyone greeted him with the words: “Blessed is he who consoles a man in mourning.” In the Jewish prayer book there is special prayer, which was supposed to be read before meals in a house where they were in mourning.

Brand 5.40-43 What does faith mean

And they laughed at Him. But He, having sent everyone out, takes with Him the father and mother of the girl and those who were with Him and enters where the girl lay

And taking the girl by the hand, he says to her: “talifa-kumi,” which means: “maiden, I tell you, get up.”

And the girl immediately stood up and began to walk, for she was about twelve years old. Those who saw it were in great amazement.

And He strictly ordered them that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Talifa-kumi is an Aramaic expression. How did this bit of Aramaic enter the Greek language? There can only be one reason. Mark drew his information directly from the Apostle Peter. Outside Palestine, of course, Peter was forced for the most part to speak Greek. But Peter was present at this event; he was one of the three chosen by Jesus, and saw it happen, and could never forget the voice of Jesus. This “talifa-kumi” sounded in his mind and memory all his life. The love, tenderness and care that sounded in these words were always with him, were so real that he could not even think about it in Greek, because his memory perceived all this only together with the voice of Jesus and only in the words He spoke. This little episode is full of contrasts.

1. There is a contrast here between despair parents and hope Jesus. They were told: “Don’t bother the Teacher, now no one can do anything.” “Do not be afraid,” said Jesus, “only believe.” One speaks of despair, the other of hope.

2. This is the opposite between immeasurable grief parents and the calm clarity of Jesus. They moaned, cried and tore their hair and clothes in a fit of grief, but He was calm, controlled Himself and maintained clarity of mind.

Where does this contrast come from? It comes because Jesus had complete faith and trust in God. We can face the most terrible human misfortunes with courage and courage if God is with us. People laughed at Him because they thought His hope was without foundation. But great truth Christian life lies in the fact that what seems completely impossible for people becomes possible if God is nearby. What seems completely impossible for purely human reasons becomes a blessed truth where God is. They laughed at him, but their laughter turned to amazement when they saw what God could do. Everything can be faced with courage and everything can be overcome—even death—if you do it in the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Mark 5:9

And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said, My name is Legion, for we are many.

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1–20. Healing of the Gadarene demoniac, in whom there was a legion of demons. – 21–43. The healing of the bleeding woman and the resurrection of Jairus' daughter.

Mark 5:1. And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

The newest scholars of the text agree to read here not “to the country of the Gadarenes,” but “to the country of the Gergesene.” This name comes from the name of Gerges, a city that, according to Origen, was located near the Sea of ​​Tiberias (Commentary on John 6:24, al. 40). Eusebius calls Gergesa a "village" and says that it lay on a mountain. In Matthew, however, researchers of the Gospel text read not “Gergesinskaya”, but “Gadareneskaya” (Matthew 8:28). It is known about Gadara that it was a significant Greek city, located approximately ten kilometers from the southeastern shore of the Sea of ​​Tiberias. The population of this city was mostly Greek, but in the villages surrounding the city they also spoke Aramaic. It is very likely that Gergesa was part of the Gadarene region.

Mark 5:2. And when He came out of the boat, He was immediately met by a man coming out of the tombs, possessed by an unclean spirit,

Here we find, obviously, a narrative about the same event reported by the Evangelist Matthew (Matthew 8 et seq.). Mark speaks, however, about one demoniac, and not about two, like Matthew, but this only means that Mark considered it necessary to speak about the one of the two demoniacs who was most famous to the local residents for his strength and malice. The healing of this demoniac, of course, made a great impression on the people and disciples of Christ.

“Possessed”... (see Matt. 4:24).

Mark 5:3. he had a home in coffins, and no one could tie him even with chains,

Wed. Matt. 8:28.

“No one could”... The power of this demoniac was extremely great; no chains or shackles (manual) could hold him.

Mark 5:4. because many times he was bound with shackles and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the shackles, and no one was able to tame him;

Mark 5:5. always, night and day, in the mountains and coffins, he screamed and beat against the stones;

“He hit the stones”... More precisely: he clung to the stones, and they fell on him when he broke off and fell from the cliff (κατακόπτειν).”

Mark 5:6. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him,

Mark 5:8. For Jesus said to him, “Come out, O unclean spirit, from this man.”

Of course, it is not the demoniac himself, but the evil spirits that possess him that force him to run to Christ and ask Him to leave them alone. They understand who is now before them. They adjure Christ as God, recognizing Him as the Son of the Most High God, so that He would not manifest His omnipotence over them this time. As for the torment that they mean, it can be understood as hellish torment, which all the inhabitants of hell endure (cf. Luke 16:23; Rev. 9:5, 14, 11, etc.). This is how this torment is understood in the Gospel of Matthew, where evil spirit adds the expression “before the time” (Matthew 8:29).

“For Jesus said to him”... With these words, the Evangelist Mark does not want to say that Christ turned to the demoniac before he turned to Jesus. If things had happened this way, then the evangelist, of course, would have brought the conversion of Christ first, and then the conversion of the demon-possessed to Christ (cf. Mark 1:25). The conjunction “for” rather makes it clear that the demon who was possessed, even before he entered into a conversation with Christ, already knew well what he needed to expect from Christ. And his expectations came true, “for...”

Mark 5:9. And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said, My name is Legion, for we are many.

The Lord enters into conversation with the demon in order to instill, first of all, in the demoniac himself the conviction of what resides within him. evil force, and then also to explain this to the students.

“And he said...” One demon spoke for many. He spoke using the gift of speech of a demon possessed, who could not help but fulfill the will of the demon.

"Legion" (see Matt. 26:53).

Mark 5:10. And they asked Him a lot so that He would not send them out of that country.

The demons do not want to leave this country, which, obviously, they liked as populated mainly by pagans.

Mark 5:11. There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the mountain.

Mark 5:12. And all the demons asked Him, saying: Send us among the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:13. Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.

(Compare Matthew 8:30-32.)

Evangelist Mark alone accurately indicates the number of pigs.

Mark 5:14. Those who were tending the pigs ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And the residents came out to see what had happened.

Mark 5:15. They come to Jesus and see that the demoniac, in whom the legion was, is sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Mark 5:16. Those who saw it told them about how this happened to the possessed man, and about the pigs.

Mark 5:17. And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.

The Lord, as the Almighty, immediately, without any hesitation, deigns to fulfill the request of the demons, who have shown their powerlessness to find any way out of their situation. As for the fate of demons, this question obviously does not concern Evangelist Mark. He dwells only on the impression that the miracle had on the inhabitants of that country. The inhabitants were afraid - most likely, bearing in mind the attitude that Christ showed towards their property, a herd of pigs, which he sent to destruction in order to free the (former) possessed person from any thought about the possibility of demons returning to him. They felt sorry for their flocks, and therefore they asked Christ to leave their country. It is obvious that these people did not yet feel a thirst to hear the words of God (Amos 8:11).

Mark 5:18. And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.

Mark 5:19. But Jesus did not allow him, but said: go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how he has had mercy on you.

Mark 5:20. And he went and began to preach in the Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.

The Lord does not remain in this country, but moves away from here, because the time for preaching here has not yet come. But this did not stop the healed demoniac from sowing the seeds of the Gospel teaching here, and the Lord sends him to announce what happened to him to all his relatives. In a semi-pagan country, this sermon about Christ the Wonderworker could not produce that extraordinary passion for messianic hopes, which often manifested itself among the pure-blooded Jewish population and which usually ended with the people striving to declare Christ King (cf. Matt. 8:4).

If the healed man went preaching throughout the Decapolis (see Matt. 4:25), this is explained by the fact that he probably had many relatives who lived in different cities of this region.

Mark 5:21. When Jesus again crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him. He was by the sea.

The Lord crossed from Perea to Galilee, to the shore on which Capernaum was located (cf. Matt. 9:1). Here He was met by a mass of people, who had probably noticed from a distance the approaching, well-known boat of the Apostle Peter, in which Jesus was also. There were so many people that it was difficult for the Lord to enter the city, and He remained on the shore for a long time.

Mark 5:22. And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, comes and, seeing Him, falls at His feet

Mark 5:23. and he earnestly begs Him, saying: My daughter is dying; come and lay your hands on her so that she will get well and live.

At this time Jairus comes to Him (see Matt. 9:18) and Jesus goes with Him.

Mark 5:24. Jesus went with him. Many people followed Him and pressed Him.

Mark 5:25. One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years

Mark 5:26. suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came to an even worse state, -

Mark 5:27. Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind the crowd and touched His garment,

Mark 5:28. for she said: if I touch His clothes, I will be healed.

Mark 5:29. And immediately her source of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her illness.

In cramped conditions, on the way, Christ was touched by a bleeding woman who was seeking healing (cf. Matt. 9:20-21), and received healing. Evangelist Mark exclaims that she “suffered much from the doctors” (verse 26). This expression may indicate the barbaric means to which ignorant doctors resorted in those days. Tractate Kiddushim therefore says: “the best of doctors is worthy of Gehenna” (IV, 14).

Mark 5:30. At the same time, Jesus, feeling within Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned among the people and said: Who touched My garment?

Mark 5:31. The disciples said to Him: You see that the people are crowding You, and you say: Who touched Me?

Mark 5:32. But He looked around to see the one who did it.

Mark 5:33. The woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came up, fell before Him and told Him the whole truth.

Mark 5:34. He said to her: daughter! your faith has saved you; Go in peace and be well from your illness.

The Lord knew what happened to the sick woman because she touched His clothes, but he asks the question in order to provoke her confession and suggest that she was not healed due to some magical influence clothes of the Wonderworker, but because of his faith in Him as the Son of God.

“Be healthy”, i.e. remain in the new position in which you found yourself the moment you touched My clothing with faith.

Mark 5:35. While He was still saying this, they came from the ruler of the synagogue and said: Your daughter is dead; Why else are you bothering the Teacher?

Evangelist Mark also speaks about the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter in greater detail than Matthew (Matthew 9:23-26).

Mark 5:36. But Jesus, having heard these words, immediately said to the leader of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe.

Mark 5:37. And He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

The Lord, as can be seen from what follows (verse 43), did not want the miracle of the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter to become the subject of lively talk among the people. Therefore, He does not even take all of His disciples with Him, but only the three closest to Him, so that they can subsequently act as reliable witnesses to the miracle of the resurrection (cf. Deut. 17:6). Of course, both the owner of the house and his wife were present when the miracle was performed (verse 40).

Mark 5:38. He comes to the house of the leader of the synagogue and sees confusion and people crying and crying out loudly.

Mark 5:39. And entering, he said to them: Why are you embarrassed and crying? the girl is not dead, but is sleeping.

“The girl is not dead, but she is sleeping.” With these words, the Lord expresses the common Israeli idea of ​​death. There is actually no death, as He says. The human soul is immortal and must eventually unite with the body it left behind. Therefore, the state of the deceased is like a dream. If Jairus believes this so deeply, then there is no reason for him to give in to despair.

Mark 5:40. And they laughed at Him. But He, having sent everyone out, takes with Him the father and mother of the girl and those who were with Him and enters where the girl lay.

Mark 5:41. And, taking the girl by the hand, he says to her: “talifa kumi,” which means: girl, I tell you, get up.

The Evangelist cites here two words in Aramaic that Christ spoke in order to let his pagan readers hear the sounds of Christ’s speech. He translates these two words with some extension, adding the expression “I’m telling you.”

Mark 5:42. And the girl immediately stood up and began to walk, for she was about twelve years old. Those who saw it were in great amazement.

Mark 5:43. And He strictly ordered them that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

The Lord did not want the news of the first miracle of the resurrection to spread throughout the country; He did not want the people, excited by the rumor of this extraordinary miracle, to see their King in Him (cf. John 6:15), since this could prematurely arouse against Christ the extreme malice of His enemies. Therefore, He forbids spreading the news about what happened, although He has just called a woman who was healed through touching His clothes to openly confess the miracle that happened to her. The latter, in fact, was not as extraordinary as the miracle of resurrection.

Why did Christ order to “give food” to the girl He resurrected? Ancient interpreters believed that He wanted to confirm by this the reality of the girl’s return to life, but it is more natural to believe that in this case He showed His goodness and care for the one whom he had just called from the area of ​​​​death to her former life, when everyone was busy with what had just been accomplished. miraculously. He directs the girl's attention to her situation...

Holtzman tries to prove that the daughter of Jairus was only in a state of lethargy, and was not dead, and that she woke up when Christ took her hand: But, probably, she was already taken by the hands before the arrival of Christ, but this did not lead to her revival. Moreover, the Evangelist Mark talks about everything with such simplicity that there is absolutely no reason to suspect him of having composed a story about the death of a girl and her resurrection...

The case of the exorcism of demons into a herd of pigs.
Let's look at some texts.

5:1-3 1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when He came out of the boat, immediately a man coming out of the tombs, [possessed] with an unclean spirit, met Him,
3 he had a dwelling in tombs, and no one could bind him even with chains,
Even unclean spirits are not homeless, but find a suitable home for themselves, even a cemetery. It turns out that sometimes, by the type and “type” of a dwelling, you can figure out something about its inhabitants.

5:4-8 because many times he was bound with shackles and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the shackles, and no one was able to tame him;
5 always, night and day, in the mountains and in the tombs, he screamed and beat himself against the stones;
6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him,
7 And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?” I conjure You by God, do not torment me!
8 For [Jesus] said to him, “Come out, O unclean spirit, from this man.”
Man does not know the mechanism of the influence of spirits on a person, as well as the word of God on unclean spirits, and man does not need it.
Passengers traveling on a bus know little about the detailed design of the engine; they need the result of the engine, which as a result moves the bus.
So it is here: no one knows HOW exactly Christ managed to drive out unclean spirits, but the result is known: under the influence word of God unclean spirits can leave the person they disturb.
Today we all simply use the word of God, which ITSELF does some kind of work in people, and under its influence people in any case do not remain indifferent, especially if the spirit has settled in them, either literally or in the minds and hearts the spirit of this world prevails.

The work of the sowers of God’s word is small: it does not matter what harmful “spirits” are given the opportunity to leave a particular person, telling him the truth of God both in word and as a Christian deed. The main thing is to sow the word, it is in a person the right job He will produce a cleansing of the insides, if God is pleased to raise for Himself one in whom God’s word is sown.

5:9,10 And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said, My name is Legion, for we are many. (The Roman legion numbered 6,000 people.)

10 And they asked Him many things, that He would not send them out of that country.
As we see, many impurities can “settle” in one person. But they all act in the same spirit: they are destructive to humans.
Unclean spirits also have their own attachments: it doesn’t matter to them who exactly to inhabit and where to hunt, therefore, they hunt where they have their own interests.
For example, why did the devil court Judas Iscariot? Because he stole, supported the devil’s interest and thereby gave “place” to the unclean in himself. Therefore, Christians should not live in such a way that they give “room” for their disposition within themselves (Eph. 4:27).

5:11,12 There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the mountain.
12 And all the demons besought Him, saying, Send us among the swine, that we may enter into them.
Demons, as we see, recognize the power of Jesus Christ over them, and that is why they ask for help. And Jesus does not deny these unclean ones what He can help them with. this moment. But he does not engage in arbitrariness either: the demons know that at the moment Jesus does not have the right to destroy them completely, yet God's Timetable time did not expire for their stay on earth among people (Matt. 8:29)

5:11 Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.
It is not known what the point was for the demons to get into the pigs, if the pigs died anyway. Why did you have to go through so many unnecessary movements? It would be possible to come out of a madman straight into the air. Didn't they drown in the sea along with the pigs? They didn't drown.
Maybe, of course, there is a meaning to this - in the change of bodies, maybe they themselves cannot move on their own, but this is clear:
1) the fact that even pigs can go crazy (under bad influence get demons)
2) the fact that demons push their bodily “dwelling” to commit suicide.

5:14-17 Those who were tending the pigs ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And [the residents] came out to see what had happened.
15 They came to Jesus and saw that the demoniac, in whom the legion was, was sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16 Those who saw it told them how it happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.
17 And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.
At first glance, one might rejoice at the healing of someone whom no one could tame. To imagine such a neighbor living in coffins and screaming at night - even that becomes creepy. And they could have asked Jesus to stay: many might have been healed, and some might have known the truth. But no, they did not appreciate the obvious spiritual “plus”, calculating the material “minus”: 2000 dead pigs is indeed a big loss, there is something to be offended by.

Now people can also have major grievances against God because of the many material disadvantages of this wicked age. Because of them, many people who are offended by God seem to “beg Him to move away from their borders” and miss the opportunity to find a heavenly Father for themselves.

How, however, did Jesus respond to the request to leave?
He did not forcefully implant knowledge from God into them, he simply departed at their request. If today we, the sowers of God’s word, do not want to listen and are asked to leave, then we should not insist on following the example of Jesus. Everyone has the right to make their own choice.
And if we try our best to force someone to listen, we are simply considered arrogant and intrusive, and such a reputation as a Christian does not at all decorate either ourselves or Christianity as a whole.

5:18-20 And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.
19 But Jesus did not allow him, but said: Go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and [how] He has had mercy on you.
20 And he went and began to preach in the Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.
Until this moment, Jesus forbade talking about himself, but here the situation has changed: we agree that it would be very difficult to convince the inhabitants of that village of the mercy of God, done by the hands of Christ - despite the fact that Jesus had just caused them colossal material damage, destroying the entire flock pigs of this village.
But Jesus could not leave them completely without the good news, so he asked the recovered man to preach about the mercy of God, from his lips - at least they accepted this news, because he was actually healed and he could be spoken about the mercy of God.
Christ did not seek glory for himself, did not necessarily strive to convey the good news HIMSELF, even if it came from someone else, if they did not want to hear it from us.

5:21-24 When Jesus again crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him. He was by the sea.
22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, came and, seeing Him, fell at His feet
23 And he begs Him earnestly, saying, My daughter is about to die; come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.
24 [Jesus] went with him. Many people followed Him and pressed Him.
Jesus did not refuse the request of the one who asked and did not decide that spending additional personal efforts to go to Jairus’s dwelling was a waste of energy and time.
Love, when ready to help people, does not count personal losses.

5:25-29 See also analysis of Matt. 9:20-22. A case of healing of a woman suffering from bleeding.
One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years
26 suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything that she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came to an even worse state, -
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up from behind among the people and touched His garment,
28 For she said, If I touch His garment, I will be healed.
29 And immediately her source of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
The situation is similar to our days: you can spend all your fortune trying to get cured by doctors, but never recover. The woman was lucky: she was healed by Christ. Today we cannot count on such a miracle. There is one consolation: everything that doctors cannot cure, Jesus will cure during his 1000-year reign.

5:30 about the release of power - see analysis of Luke 8:46
At the same time, Jesus, feeling within Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned among the people and said: Who touched My garment?
As we see, Jesus had some kind of “portion” supernatural power: the holy spirit sent to him from the Father was the very power with which Jesus performed miracles.

5:31,32 The disciples said to Him: You see that the people are crowding You, and you say: Who touched Me?
32 But He looked around to see the one who did this.
The disciples of Christ did not understand what Jesus meant by asking about touching him. However, with knowledge of the matter, they hastened to conclude that Jesus was clearly speaking nonsense: so many people were crowding him, and he was asking WHO touched?
Well, didn't they look funny? Should Jesus say stupid things?
So, it happens that we, without understanding someone’s problem hidden behind its visible manifestation, for some reason rush to be funny, shamelessly interfering in it and analyzing something about which we understand nothing at all.

5:33,34 The woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came up, fell before Him and told Him the whole truth.
34 He said to her: daughter! your faith has saved you; Go in peace and be well from your illness.
Did faith heal? Or did God heal the believer through Christ? What do the words “THY faith has healed” mean?

Jesus very much wants people to be healthy from their serious illnesses, so it is easy for him to give joyfully for healing everything, which depends on him.
But the patient must also make his own efforts in order to be healed: the woman had to believe in the possibility of healing from Christ, then weigh everything and decide to approach Christ despite the prohibitions of the letter of the Law of Moses and negative public opinion.

It was the belief in the need to draw closer to Christ that forced the woman to make personal efforts to be able to be healed, which is why her faith healed her. Although, of course, it is clear that God through Christ healed her.
If a woman simply believed and did nothing to heal herself, would her faith heal her? Would Christ have known about her needs? No.

The situation is the same with our spiritual ailments: does our doubt, apathy, indifference, disappointment, etc., heal only through our faith that Jesus Christ is ready to take upon ourselves our infirmities? No.
After having faith in this, it still remains to make personal efforts to combat our weaknesses of the spirit: pray for healing day and night and at the same time study the Scriptures with faith, find in it answers to your questions that can dispel doubts; to put an end to the blues and indifference and to be strengthened again in the determination to go to God and do our best for Him, regardless of what is happening in the world, in the family, in the congregation, in ourselves.
There is a good proverb about this: “Grieve, but do the work.”

5:35 While He was still saying this, they came from the ruler of the synagogue and said: Your daughter is dead; Why else are you bothering the Teacher?
We often rush to make accusing decisions for someone, interfering in something that is not our own business. Although, it would seem, what do you care about that? They're not bothering you! This is human nature: for some reason our neighbors always care about how we solve our problems.

5:36 But Jesus, having heard these words, immediately said to the leader of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe.
In this case, Jesus encouraged the boss not to lose faith and hope in God’s help.

5:37 And He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
Jesus' relationship with his disciples resembled some kind of hierarchical structure.
He had many disciples (4:10), of whom He appointed only twelve as apostles (3:13-19). But among the twelve themselves, only Peter, James, and John were closest to Jesus, which is clearly manifested during the transfiguration (9:2-13) and in Gethsemane (14:32.33) (Geneva)

5:38-41 He comes to the house of the leader of the synagogue and sees confusion and people crying and crying out loudly.
39 And he entered and said to them, “Why are you troubled and crying? the girl is not dead, but is sleeping.
40 And they laughed at Him. But He, having sent everyone out, takes with Him the father and mother of the girl and those who were with Him and enters where the girl lay.
41 And, taking the girl by the hand, he says to her: “talifa kumi,” which means: girl, I tell you, stand up.
42 And the girl immediately stood up and began to walk, for she was about twelve years old. [Those who saw] came to great amazement.
43 And He strictly ordered them that no one should know about it, and said that they should give her something to eat.
See also analysis of Matt. 9:23-26. The case of the resurrection of Jairus's daughter.

And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

And when He came out of the boat, He was immediately met by a man coming out of the tombs, possessed by an unclean spirit,

he had a home in coffins, and no one could tie him even with chains,

because many times he was bound with shackles and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the shackles, and no one was able to tame him;

always, night and day, in the mountains and coffins, he screamed and beat against the stones;

When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him,

For Jesus said to him, “Come out, O unclean spirit, from this man.”

And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said, My name is Legion, for we are many.

And they asked Him a lot so that He would not send them out of that country.

There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the mountain.

And all the demons asked Him, saying: Send us among the swine, that we may enter into them.

Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.

Those who were tending the pigs ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And the residents came out to see what had happened.

They come to Jesus and see that the demoniac, in whom the legion was, is sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Those who saw it told them about how this happened to the possessed man, and about the pigs.

And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.

And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.

But Jesus did not allow him, but said: go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how he has had mercy on you.

And he went and began to preach in the Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.

Interpretation of Theophylact of Bulgaria

Demons consider leaving a person to be torture, which is why they said: “do not torture,” that is, do not drive us out of our home, that is, from a person. On the other hand, they thought that the Lord would no longer tolerate them for their excessive insolence, but would immediately give them over to torture, and therefore they prayed not to torture them. The Lord asks the demoniac not in order to know Himself, but so that others may know about the many demons that have taken possession of him. Since one man stood before his eyes, Christ shows how many enemies this pitiful man fought.

Mark 5:11. There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the mountain.

Mark 5:12. And all the demons asked Him, saying: Send us among the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:13. Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.

Mark 5:14. Those who were herding the pigs ran and told the story in the city and villages.

The demons prayed to the Lord not to send them out of the country, but to let them into the herd of pigs. He agrees to this. Since our life is a battle, the Lord did not want to remove demons from it, so that by their struggle with us they would make us more skillful. He allows them to enter the pigs, so that we know that just as they did not spare the pigs, they would not have spared that man if the power of God had not preserved him. For the demons, being hostile to us, would immediately destroy us if God did not protect us. So, know that demons have no power even over pigs, much less over people, unless God allows it. But know also that people who live like pigs and wallow in the mire of sensual pleasures are possessed by demons who cast them down from the rapids of destruction into the sea of ​​this life, and they drown.

Mark 5:14. And the residents came out to see what had happened.

Mark 5:15. They come to Jesus and see that the demoniac, in whom the legion was, is sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Mark 5:16. Those who saw it told them about how this happened to the possessed man, and about the pigs.

Mark 5:17. And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.

Mark 5:18. And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.

Mark 5:19. But Jesus did not allow him, but said: go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how he has had mercy on you.

Mark 5:20. And he went and began to preach in the Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.

The inhabitants of that city, amazed by the miracle, came out to Jesus, but when they heard about the details, they were even more frightened. That is why they asked Jesus to leave their borders. They were afraid that they would not suffer anything more. Having lost the pigs and regretting this loss, they also refuse the presence of the Lord. On the contrary, the demoniac asked Him for permission to be with Him, because he feared that the demons, having found him alone, would not enter into him again. But the Lord sends him home, showing that His power and providence will protect him even in his absence. Sends it along and so that it will benefit others who see it. That's why he began to preach, and everyone was surprised. But look how the Savior is a stranger to exaltation! He did not say: “tell me” what I have done to you, but: “what the Lord has done to you.” Likewise, when you do something good, attribute what you did not to yourself, but to God.