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Mark 5:19

Mark 5:19
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not,.... He being as able to preserve him from those evil spirits, when absent, as present;…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Mark 5:1-20

See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Mat 8:28-34. Mar 5:4 He had been often bound with…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Suffered him not - Ὁ δε Ιησους, Howbeit Jesus, is omitted by ABKLM, twenty-seven others, both the Syriac, both the…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Mark 5:1-20

We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

and tell them On others (comp. Mat 8:4; Luk 8:56) after shewing forth towards them His miraculous power, He enjoined…