Mark 5:1-3

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The Gerasene Demoniac

5 They came to the ^[a]other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^(A) ²When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, ³and the man lived in the ^[b]tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.

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Mark 5:1 The southeastern region of the Sea of Galilee.
Mark 5:3 These probably were burial places built above the ground, or natural caves in the hillside. Cave tombs often had two chambers, one of which remained empty as long as relatives were still alive. Such tombs frequently were used as shelter by lepers, demoniacs, and the poor.