When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil[a] spirit came out from the tombs to meet him. This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain. Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Greek unclean; also in 5:8, 13.

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