# Mark 5.7

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 5. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. 6. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
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> **7. and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.**
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> 8. For he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.</span> 9. And he asked him, <span class="rl-speech">What is thy name?</span> And he saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">My name is Legion; for we are many.</span> (Mark 5:5-9, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 5. Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. 6. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
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> **7. and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”**
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> 8. For he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”</span> 9. He asked him, <span class="rl-speech">“What is your name?”</span> He said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“My name is Legion, for we are many.”</span> (Mark 5:5-9, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 5. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
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> **7. And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.**
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> 8. For he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.</span> 9. And he asked him, <span class="rl-speech">What is thy name?</span> And he answered, <span class="rl-speech">saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.</span> (Mark 5:5-9, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 5. and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones. 6. And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,
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> **7. and having called with a loud voice, he said, 'What, to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'**
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> 8. (for he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">'Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,'</span>) 9. and he was questioning him, 'What [is] thy name?' and he answered, <span class="rl-speech">saying, 'Legion [is] my name, because we are many;'</span> (Mark 5:5-9, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Demonic Activity is Just Medical Conditions Defeater](/codex/demonic-activity-is-just-medical-conditions-defeater/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)
- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)

**Concepts:**

- [Authority to Cast Out Demons](/codex/authority-to-cast-out-demons/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)
- [Demons](/codex/demons/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1140 - daimonion](/codex/g1140-daimonion/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.