Mark 5:6
“But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,”
Mark 5:6 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and adored him.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
- DARBYDarby
- But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,
- WEBThe World English Bible
- When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,
- BPVBiblePics Version
- But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
Context: Mark 5
4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
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Commentary
Mark 5 is a powerful chapter that speaks to the power of faith and the power of Jesus. It begins with Jesus and his disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee and arriving in the region of the Gerasenes. Here, Jesus encounters a man possessed by an unclean spirit. The man is described as living among the tombs, and he is so violent that no one can pass by him. Jesus commands the unclean spirit to come out of the man, and it does so, leaving the man in peace.