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He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

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For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles,[a] but[b] he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:4 tn Grk “he had often been bound with chains and shackles.” “Shackles” could also be translated “fetters”; they were chains for the feet.
  2. Mark 5:4 tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.