Mark 5:15

“And they come to Jesus, etc..] Who had wrought this miracle, and of which, and whom, the keepers of the swine had given them some account: and see him that was possessed of the devil, and had a legion. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions leave out the last clause, “and had a legion”, and so Beza's ancient copy; the Persic version renders it, “the legion being gone out of him”: they saw, along with Jesus, the man who had been possessed with a legion of devils, whom they knew very well to be the same man; sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid; not of the man, as they were before, when he was possessed, not daring to come that way because of him; but of Christ,…”

“See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34. Mark 5:4 He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 213) says respecting this case: “There are some very similar at the present day - furious and dangerous maniacs, who wander about the mountains, and sleep in tombs and caves. In their worst paroxysms they are quite…”

“And they were afraid - It is not improbable they might otherwise have offered some rudeness, if not violence. Mark 5:18”

“5:15-16 The contrast between the former and present condition of the man who had been possessed was a testimony of Jesus’ saving power.”

“him that: Mar 5:4; Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25; Mat 9:33, Mat 12:29; Luk 8:35, Luk 8:36, Luk 10:39; Col 1:13 and they: Sa1 6:20, Sa1 6:21, Sa1 16:4; Ch1 13:12, Ch1 15:13; Job 13:11; Psa 14:5; Ti2 1:7 Mark 5:17”