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Mark Chapter 5 verses 2-13 Jesus
Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
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2When Jesus got out of the
boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
3This man lived in the tombs,
and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4For he had often been
chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his
feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5Night and day among the
tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a
distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7He shouted at the top of his
voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s
name don’t torture me!”
8For Jesus had said to him,
“Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9Then Jesus asked him, “What
is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
10And he begged Jesus again
and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding
on the nearby hillside.
12The demons begged Jesus,
“Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.”
13He gave them permission,
and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two
thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
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Concerning the condition of
the man with an impure spirit,
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1)
What happened when
Jesus got out of the boat in the region of the Gerasenes?
o
A man with an
impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
2)
What was the
situation with the man?
o
He lived in the
tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
3)
Why did people
try to chain the man hand and foot?
o
He was a menace
to people there.
4)
Was it really
true that no one could subdue and bind the man and why?
o
No, because he
was at one point subdued and bound with chains.
5)
Why then is it
said that no one could subdue and bind the man?
o
He was able to
use stones to hammer on the chains and break them.
o
As a result he
could not be put under control permanently.
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Concerning Jesus’ deliverance
of the man with an impure spirit,
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6)
Who started the
conversation between Jesus and the impure spirit and what was said?
o
Jesus started the
conversation with the impure spirit by saying, “Come out of this man, you
impure spirit!”
7)
What was the
impure spirit’s reply?
o
He shouted at the
top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
8)
What did the impure
spirit divulge about Jesus?
o
He divulged the
divine identity of Jesus as the Son of the Most High God.
9)
Why was the
impure spirit fearful that Jesus would torture him?
o
He was fearful
that Jesus would pay him back for the horrendous torture he had inflicted on
the demoniac.
10)
In reality who
were the torturer and the tortured in the current situation?
o
In reality the impure spirit was the torturer
and the demoniac the tortured.
11)
How did Jesus respond
to the impure spirit’s plea not to torture him?
o
Jesus asked the
impure spirit for his name.
12)
What is a Legion?
o
A Legion is a
unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army.
13)
What happened to
the use of personal pronoun for the Legion once he disclosed that multiple impure
spirits were in the demoniac?
o
The personal
pronoun for the Legion became plural.
14)
Was the Legion
effective in his repeated plea for Jesus not to send them out of the area and
why?
o
No, because Jesus
did not say anything in response.
15)
What was the
wicked intent of the Legion behind his plea for Jesus not to send them out of
the area?
o
His intent was to
find another person in the area to possess after coming out of the demoniac.
16)
How did the Legion
attempt to mask their wicked intent when Jesus did not grant them their plea?
o
They instead
asked for permission to go into the pigs.
17)
Why did the Legion
think that Jesus would grant them permission to go into the pigs?
o
They knew that
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Going into the
pigs satisfied Jesus’ demand for them to come out of the demoniac.
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Jews considered
pigs to be unclean and so possession of the unclean pigs by impure spirits would
be of lesser concern.
18)
Did Jesus grant the
Legion permission?
o
Yes.
19)
What did the Legion
do next?
o
The Legion immediately
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Came out of the
demoniac.
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Went into the
pigs.
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Caused the pigs
to rush down the steep bank into the lake to drown.
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Came out of the
dead pigs.
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Were on their way
to find another person in the area they could possess and torture.
20)
Was it an important
consideration on the part of the Legion that the herd of pigs was on the
hillside at the moment of going into them and why?
o
Yes, because the Legion
could quickly kill the pigs and then come out.
21)
Why did the
Legion prefer to possess a man than thousands of pigs?
o
Possessing and
torturing a man who is made in the image of God as a means of sticking it to
God is perhaps immeasurably more gratifying to the Legion than possessing and
killing thousands of pigs.
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Mark Chapter 5 verses 2-13 Jesus
Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
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