Mark 5:14

Verse

Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.

Bible in Basic English

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

Free Bible Version

The pig-keepers ran away, and spread the news all over town and in the countryside. People came out to see what had happened.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

King James (Authorized) Version

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

One Unity Resource Bible

Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

Plain English Version

The men that looked after the pigs were frightened, and they ran back to their town, and they told everyone what happened. They told that story to the people in the town, and they told it to the people that lived outside of the town too. A lot of people wanted to see what happened,

Translation for Translators

The men who had been tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see what had happened.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then those who were feeding the pigs ran away and reported what had happened in the city and in the countryside, and so people went out to see what had happened.

Noah Webster Bible

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

World English Bible

Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

Young's Literal Translation

And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

Context

The Demons and the Pigs

¹³He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.¹⁴Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.¹⁵When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Summary

Mark 5:14 recounts the miraculous healing of a demon-possessed man by Jesus. After the healing, the man who was once possessed desired to follow Jesus, but Jesus instructed him to return to his home and share the good news of what God had done for him. This verse highlights the transformative power of Jesus in people's lives and the importance of personal testimony in spreading the Gospel. It also demonstrates Jesus' compassion and willingness to use even the most unlikely individuals to proclaim His message of redemption and deliverance.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

The swine - Instead of τους χοιρους, BCDL, three others, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Vulgate, and Itala, read αυτους, them - And they that fed Them fled. Griesbach has adopted this reading.

John Gill Bible Commentary

And they that fed the swine,.... Not the owners, but the keepers of them, the swine herds, "fled"; being astonished at the power of Christ, affrighted at the noise of the devils, and terrified at the sight and loss of the swine: and told it in the city and country; or "in the fields": they went into the city of Gadara, and told the story of the dispossession of the devils out of the man, that had been for some time troublesome in those parts; and of their entrance into the swine, and the destruction of them: and they went into the fields, or country adjacent; they went to the "villages" thereabout, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render the word; or to those houses that were in the fields, scattered about, here, and there one, and where perhaps the owners of the herd lived: and they not only hasted away to the owners of the swine, to acquaint them with what had happened, in order to remove all blame from themselves, and any suspicion of negligence in them; to make it appear that it was not their fault, or owing to any carelessness of theirs the swine perished; as that they suffered them to go too near the sea side, and did not keep a good lookout, and were not, as they should have been, between them and the sea, to have prevented such an accident: this they not only did, but the affair, in all its circumstances, being such an amazing one; as the dispossession of the devils out of the man; the health, the calmness, and happy condition the dispossessed was in; the entrance of the devils into the swine; their madness, and precipitant running into the sea, and suffocation there; that they told it to every body they met with, whether in the fields belonging to Gadara, or in the city itself; which drew out a large concourse of people to see what was done to the man that had been possessed, and to the swine, and also to see the person who had done all this; and which made the miracle the more notorious; city and country rung of it: so that, as Matthew says, "the whole city came out to meet Jesus", Mat 8:34; and Luke observes, that "the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart", &c. Luk 8:37. So we sometimes read, in the Jewish writings, of the men, or inhabitants of the field, as opposed to the men, or inhabitants of the city, who differed both in their clothes and diet. "The garments, , "of the children", or "inhabitants of the city", who live deliciously, and do no work, are broad, like women's; but the garments, , "of the children of the field"; such as do business in the field, are short (i):'' and so of their food, it is observed (k), that the bread, "of the men of the field", which the gloss explains by , "the children", or "inhabitants of a village", is what they put much flour into; but the bread, "of a city", which the gloss interprets of , "the children", or "inhabitants of a walled town", or "city", is what they do not put much flour into. And they went out to see what it was that was done: that is, the inhabitants of the city of Gadara, and those that dwelt in the villages, and in lone houses in the fields, went forth to the places where the possessed man used to be, and where Jesus and he now were, and where the swine used to feed, to see with their own eyes, and satisfy themselves of the truth of the narration the swineherds gave them. (i) Bab. Sabbat, fol. 12. 1. & Gloss. in ib. (k) T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 37. 2.

Mark 5:14

The Demons and the Pigs

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Berean Standard Bible

Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.

Bible in Basic English

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

Free Bible Version

The pig-keepers ran away, and spread the news all over town and in the countryside. People came out to see what had happened.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

King James (Authorized) Version

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

One Unity Resource Bible

Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

The men who had been tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see what had happened.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then those who were feeding the pigs ran away and reported what had happened in the city and in the countryside, and so people went out to see what had happened.

Noah Webster Bible

And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

World English Bible

Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

Young's Literal Translation

And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Mark 5:14

Verse

Context

The Demons and the Pigs

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Mark 5:14

The Demons and the Pigs

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary