Mark 5:4 meaning and explanation
Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
Mark 5:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Mark is describing the man from the tombs whom Jesus meets in the region of the Gerasenes, across the Sea of Galilee. The verse shows every human attempt to restrain him failing: chains and shackles, the strongest means available, had been broken, and no one had the strength to subdue him.
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