The Demons and the Pigs
Mark 5:3
In 9 translations
- BSB
- This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
- KJV
- Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
- WEB
- He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
- ASV
- who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
- LSV
- who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was anyone able to bind him,
- YLT
- who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,
- DBY
- who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;
- DRC
- Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains.
- GNV
- Who had his abiding among the graues, and no man could binde him, no not with chaines:
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read μνήμασιν (“tombs”); Textus Receptus read μνήμείοις (“graves”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐδὲ (“not even”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὔτε (“nor”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἁλύσει (“with a chain”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἁλύσεσιν (“with chains”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include οὐκέτι (“no longer”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of ἐδύνατο: Textus Receptus: ἠδύνατο.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι; Robinson–Pierpont read οὔτε ἁλύσεσιν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν, καὶ οὐδὲ ἁλύσει οὐκέτι οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι
- RP2018
- ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν· καὶ οὔτε ἁλύσεσιν οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι,
- TR-Boyd
- ὃς τὴν κατοίκησιν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις· καὶ οὔτε ἁλύσεσιν οὐδεὶς ἠδύνατο αὐτὸν δῆσαι,
- SCR1894
- ος την κατοικησιν ειχεν εν τοις μνημειοις και ουτε αλυσεσιν ουδεις ηδυνατο αυτον δησαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 65:4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
- Luke 8:29For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary…
- Daniel 4:32–33You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of…
- Mark 9:18–22Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.” “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus…
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