Mark 5:1-20 Then Jesus and His disciples finally arrived on the other side of the lake i.e., the east side in the district of Geresa miles apart in the same region east of Lake Galilee says ‘Gadara.’ Geresa and Gadara were two towns : Note: Matt..

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then Jesus and His disciples [finally] arrived on the other side of the lake [i.e., the east side] in the district of Geresa [Note: Matt. 8:28 says ‘Gadara.’ Geresa and Gadara were two towns 12 miles apart in the same region east of Lake Galilee]. ² When Jesus left the boat, immediately a man with an evil spirit came from the graveyard to meet Him. ³ This man had been living in the graveyard and no one had been able to keep him tied up, not even with a chain. ⁴ He had often been bound with ropes and chains but had broken the chains off and torn the ropes to pieces. And no one had enough strength to subdue him. ⁵ And night and day, in the graveyard and in the mountains, he was always shouting out and cutting himself with [sharp] rocks. ⁶ When he saw Jesus from far away he ran to Him and worshiped Him. ⁷ And shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, in God’s name, do not torture me.” ⁸ For Jesus was saying to [the evil spirit in] him, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit.” ⁹ Then He asked [the evil spirit], “What is your name?” And he answered Him, “My name is ‘Legion,’ [Note: This word means a number consisting of between 5,000 and 6,000], for there are many of us [i.e., evil spirits].” ¹⁰ Then the spirits begged Jesus earnestly not to send them away out of the region. ¹¹ On the side of a [nearby] mountain, a large herd of [wild] hogs was grazing. ¹² The evil spirits begged Him, saying, “Send us into those [wild] hogs, so we can enter their bodies.” ¹³ And He gave them permission to do it. So, the evil spirits went out of the man’s body and entered the bodies of the [wild] hogs. The herd then rushed down the cliff into the lake. There were about two thousand that drowned in the lake. ¹⁴ Those who had been feeding them ran and told what all occurred in the town and around the countryside and [so] people came to find out what had happened. ¹⁵ And when people came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been dominated by 5,000 to 6,000 evil spirits sitting down with his clothes on and perfectly sane, and they were afraid. ¹⁶ Those who saw this told the people what had happened to the man dominated by the evil spirits and about the [wild] hogs. ¹⁷ So, they began begging Jesus to leave that region. ¹⁸ As He entered the boat the man who had been dominated by evil spirits begged for permission to be allowed to go with Him. ¹⁹ But Jesus would not allow him, saying to the man, “Go home to your friends [and family?] and tell them about the great things the Lord has done for you and how He had pity on you.” ²⁰ But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: “Decapolis” means “ten cities” and was a region located east of the Jordan River].