Mark 5:7 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
7. Torment me not In Matthew they cry: “Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” From this we seem able to derive some inferences as to the laws under which these demons were, and which produce manifestations over and above the symptoms of mere disease. 1. The organs of the man are so completely possessed by the demon that the latter speaks through them, and thus he communicates with other beings in the body here on earth. 2. There is apparently a desire on the part of these unhappy spirits to come into such possession and into communion with the human scene of things, as if they were thus less miserable than when without. 3. These infernal beings dread to be driven back to their own infernal abode. They are there to be chained down in darkness, and in dread of the day of judgment yet to come. Jud 1:6 ; 2Pe 2:4. Hence they fear that Jesus will anticipate that day, and “torment them before the time.” Mat 8:29.
Consult other comments:
Mark 5:7 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 5:7 - The Greek Testament
Mark 5:7 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 5:7 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark 5:7 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mark 5:7 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:7 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Mark 5:7 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 5:7 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Mark 5:7 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 5:7 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 5:7 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Mark 5:7 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 5:7 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 5:7 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 5:7 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:7 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 5:7 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Mark 5:7 - 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).