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Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always [a]shrieking and screaming and [b]beating and bruising and [c]cutting himself with stones.

And when from a distance he saw Jesus, he ran and fell on his knees before Him in homage,

And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What is there in common between us?] I [d]solemnly implore you by God, do not begin to torment me!

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:5 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Mark 5:5 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  3. Mark 5:5 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  4. Mark 5:7 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.

Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(A) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(B) In God’s name don’t torture me!”

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