Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Out of the boat (ek tou ploiou). Straightway (euquv) Mark says, using the genitive absolute (ecelqontov autou) and then repeating autw associative instrumental after aphnthsen. The demoniac greeted Jesus at once. Mark and Luke 9:27 mention only one man while Matthew notes two demoniacs, perhaps one more violent than the other. Each of the Gospels has a different phrase. Mark has "a man with an unclean spirit" (en pneumati akaqartw), Matthew 8:28 "two possessed with demons" (duo daimonizomenoi), Luke 8:27 "one having demons" (tiv exwn daimonia). Mark has many touches about this miracle not retained in Matthew and Luke. See on Matthew 8:28.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 5:2:
Matthew 8:29
Revelation 16:13
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