Mark 5:19
in Mark 5But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.
KJV
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
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This verse in Mark 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Mark 5:18-19
(Mor. 6, 37) For when we have perceived ever so little of the Divine knowledge, we are at once unwilling to return to human affairs, and seek for the quiet of contemplation; but the Lord commands that the mind should first toil hard at its work, and afterwards should refresh itself with contemplation.
This site's exposition
that he might be with him
on Mark 5:18-20
That he might be with him is the healed man's one request, and it is the only recorded prayer in the chapter that Jesus refuses. Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee: the man who is elsewhere commanded to silence is here commissioned to speak, and the bench resolves the reversal by geography, for in Gentile Decapolis there is no messianic-secret pressure and no crowd to misread a political Christ. He publishes through the ten cities and all men marvel; when Jesus returns to this shore at 7:31 to 8:9, four thousand are waiting, and the commentators read this man as the region's first evangelist.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Suffered him not - Ὁ δε Ιησους, Howbeit Jesus, is omitted by ABKLM, twenty-seven others, both the Syriac, both the Persic, Coptic, Gothic, Vulgate, and one of the Itala. Mill and Bengel approve of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it out of the text. Go home to thy friends, etc. - This was the cause why Jesus would not permit him to follow him now, because he would not have the happiness of his relatives deferred, who must exceedingly rejoice at seeing the wonders which the Lord had wrought.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, &c.--To be a missionary for Christ, in the region where he was so well known and so long dreaded, was a far nobler calling than to follow Him where nobody had ever heard of him, and where other trophies not less illustrious could be raised by the same power and grace.
The words behind it
26 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| ἀφῆκεν | apheken | He did permit | G863 → | 143 times |
| αὐτόν, | auton | him, | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → | 635 times |
| λέγει | legei | He says | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| αὐτῷ· | auto | to him; | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὕπαγε | hupage | do go | G5217 → | 79 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οἶκόν | oikon | home | G3624 → | 112 times |
| σου | sou | of you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → | 700 times |
| τοὺς | tous | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σοὺς | sous | your own | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀπάγγειλον | apangeilon | do declare | G518 → | 43 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὅσα | hosa | as much as | G3745 → | 110 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κύριός | kurios | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| σοι | soi | for you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| πεποίηκεν | pepoieken | has done | G4160 → | 569 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἠλέησέν | eleesen | He had mercy on | G1653 → | 32 times |
| σε.¶ | se | you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οὐκnot
oukG3756 →1664 times
ἀφῆκενHe did permit
aphekenG863 →143 times
αὐτόν,him,
autonG846 →5565 times
ἀλλὰbut
allaG235 →635 times
λέγειHe says
legeiG3004 →1325 times
αὐτῷ·to him;
autoG846 →5565 times
ὕπαγεdo go
hupageG5217 →79 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
οἶκόνhome
oikonG3624 →112 times
σουof you
souG4771 →2973 times
πρὸςto
prosG4314 →700 times
τοὺς<the>
tousG3588 →19766 times
σοὺςyour own
sousG4771 →2973 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀπάγγειλονdo declare
apangeilonG518 →43 times
αὐτοῖςto them
autoisG846 →5565 times
ὅσαas much as
hosaG3745 →110 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
κύριόςLord
kuriosG2962 →711 times
σοιfor you
soiG4771 →2973 times
πεποίηκενhas done
pepoiekenG4160 →569 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἠλέησένHe had mercy on
eleesenG1653 →32 times
σε.¶you.
seG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
it leads to
- Psalms 71:15
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalms 34:11
Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Malachi 3:16
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD…
- Psalms 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 66:5
Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
- Psalms 71:15
Through
John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
it leads to
- Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- 1 Corinthians 14:24–25
But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
- John 1:41–49
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- Revelation 22:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.