And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
- BSB As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
- NKJV And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
- NASB When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him.
- NLT When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from the tombs to meet him.
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A man controlled by an unclean spirit immediately meets Jesus among the tombs.
Overview
Mark portrays the man's desperate condition, dwelling among the dead and dominated by an evil spirit. The unclean spirit recognizes Jesus at once, as the powers of darkness always do. This encounter sets up a striking display of Christ's authority to deliver the most hopeless captive.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Mark 1:23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
- Isa 65:4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Mark 5:8For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
- Luke 9:42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
- Mark 3:30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
- Mark 4:1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
- Mark 1:26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- Mark 7:25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
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