John Gill's Exposition on Mark 5:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Who had his dwelling among the tombs, etc..] Which is one of the characters of a madman among the Jews; who say it is f64 “the sign of a madman, that he goeth out in the night, twrbqh tybb lhw, “and lodges among the tombs”, and rends his garments, and loses what is given to him.” ˆ The same they say, in the same place, of an hypochondriac, and melancholy man; and of Kordiacus, which they give out f65 is a demon that possesses, and has power over some sort of persons: and no man could bind him, no, not with chains; so as to hold him for any length of time: not only cords were insufficient to hold, but even chains of iron; so strong was he through the possession; for this could not be by his own natural strength.

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