SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:1
¶ Y vinieron al otro lado del mar a la provincia de los gadarenos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 5:1
Verse 1. The Gadarenes.] Some of the MSS. have Gergasenes, and some of them Gerasenes. Griesbach seems to prefer the latter. See the note on Matt. viii. 28. The Gadarenes were included within the limits of the Gergasenes. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that, of the two demoniacs mentioned here, one was of Gadara, and consequently a heathen, the other was a Gergesenian, and consequently a Jew; and he thinks that Mark and Luke mention the Gadarene demoniac because his case was a singular one, being the only heathen cured by our Lord, except the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 1. And they came over unto the other side of the sea , etc..] Of Galilee, or Tiberias; into the country of the Gadarenes : in the Evangelist Matthew it is called, the country of the Gergesenes, as it is here in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions. The Vulgate Latin reads, of the Gerasenes, and so some copies, from Gerasa, a place in the same country; but the Syriac and Persic versions read, Gadarenes, as do most copies; so called from Gadara, a city either adjacent to, or within the country of the Gergesenes; which was called by both names, from these different places. It was not far from Tiberias, the place from whence this sea has its name, over which Christ and his disciples passed, ( John 6:1). Chammath was a mile from f53 Tiberias, and this Chammath was so near to the country of Gadara, that it is often called, rdgd tm j , Chammath of Gadara f54 ; unless it should be rather rendered, the hot baths of Gadara: for so it is said, that at Gadara are the hot baths of Syria; which may be the same with the hot baths of Tiberias, so often mentioned in the Jewish writings f56 ; hence the town of Chammath had its name, which was so near to Tiberias, that it is sometimes reckoned the same with it f57 : Pliny places this Gadara in Decapolis, and Ptolemy in Coelo Syria; and Meleager, the collector of epigrams, who is called a Syrian, is said to be a Gadarene, a native of this Gadara. Mention is made of the whirlpool of Gadara f61 , which remained ever since the flood. It appears to be an Heathen country, both from its situation, and the manners of the people.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-20 - Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicke courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of sin thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor wretched creature! Many there are that rise up against us. We are not match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; but in the Lord and in the power of his might, we shall be able to stand against them though there are legions of them. When the vilest transgressor i delivered by the power of Jesus from the bondage of Satan, he wil gladly sit at the feet of his Deliverer, and hear his word, wh delivers the wretched slaves of Satan, and numbers them among his saints and servants. When the people found that their swine were lost they had a dislike to Christ. Long-suffering and mercy may be seen even in the corrections by which men lose their property while their lives are saved, and warning given them to seek the salvation of their souls. The man joyfully proclaimed what great things Jesus had done for him. All men marvelled, but few followed him. Many who cannot but wonder at the works of Christ, yet do not, as they ought, wonder afte him.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ηλθον 2064 5627 V-2AAI-3P εις 1519 PREP το 3588 T-ASN περαν 4008 ADV της 3588 T-GSF θαλασσης 2281 N-GSF εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF χωραν 5561 N-ASF των 3588 T-GPM γαδαρηνων 1046 A-GPM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:1 {The Gerasenes} (twn gerasenwn). Like #Lu 8:26 while #Mt 8:28 has "the Gadarenes." The ruins of the village Khersa (Gerasa) probably point to this site which is in the district of Gadara some six miles southeastward, not to the city of Gerasa some thirty miles away.
