Mark 5:1 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
§ 51. TWO DEMONIACS OF GADARA, Mar 5:1-20 .
Came over unto the other side Landed upon the eastern shore of Gennesaret. Country of the Gadarenes The evangelist does not say that the miracle of the demoniacs and the swine took place at Gadara; but in the country or region of that city. Gadara, the city, was situated southeasterly from the lake, about eight miles distant, and the Jermuk river intervened. The name of Gergesa (in whose country Matthew locates the miracle) appears also as Gerasa, and is identified by Dr. Thomson with Kerza, situated on the eastern shore. See map, p. 62. Dr. Thomson remarks:
“In studying the details of the miracle I was obliged to modify one opinion or impression which had grown up with me from childhood. There is no bold cliff overhanging the lake on the eastern side, nor, indeed, on any other, except just north of Tiberias. Everywhere along the northeastern and eastern shores a smooth beach declines gently down to the water. Take your stand a little south of this Chersa. A great herd of swine, we will suppose, is feeding on this mountain that towers above it. They are seized with a sudden panic, rush madly down the almost perpendicular declivity, those behind tumbling over and thrusting forward those before, and as there is neither time nor space to recover on the narrow shelf between the base and the lake, they are crowded headlong into the water, and perish.
Consult other comments:
Mark 5:1 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 5:1 - The Greek Testament
Mark 5:1 - Barclay Daily Study Bible
Mark 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Mark 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mark 5:1 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 5:1 - B.H. Carroll's An Interpretation of the English Bible
Mark 5:1 - Through the Bible Commentary
Mark 5:1 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark 5:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Mark 5:1 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 5:1 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:1 - John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - Mr. D's Notes on Selected New Testament Books by Stanley Derickson
Mark 5:1 - Expositors Bible Commentary
Mark 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:1 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Mark 5:1 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Mark 5:1 - Expositor's Dictionary of Text by Robertson
Mark 5:1 - F. B. Hole's Old and New Testaments Commentary
Mark 5:1 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Mark 5:1 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Mark 5:1 - Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (Commentary)
Mark 5:1 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 5:1 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Mark 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 5:1 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 5:1 - Smith's Writings on 24 Books of the Bible
Mark 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Mark 5:1 - International Critical Commentary New Testament
Mark 5:1 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 5:1 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Mark 5:1 - The Gospel According to St. Mark: A Devotional Commentary
Mark 5:1 - William Kelly Major Works (New Testament)
Mark 5:1 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Mark 5:1 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Mark 5:1 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
Mark 5:1 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Mark 5:1 - Neighbour's Wells of Living Water
Mark 5:1 - Expositions Of Holy Scripture by Alexander MacLaren
Mark 5:1 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Mark 5:1 - An Exposition on the Whole Bible
Mark 5:1 - The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Mark 5:1 - Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 5:1 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 5:1 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Mark 5:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary
Mark 5:1 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Mark 5:1 - The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist by Riley
Mark 5:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
Mark 5:1 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 5:1 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible
Mark 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mark 5:1 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:1 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 5:1 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Mark 5:1 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).