Mark 5:4

Free Bible Version

He had often been tied up with chains and shackles, but he simply tore the chains apart and broke the shackles into pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.

Cross References

Psalm 105:18

They hurt his feet by placing them in shackles, and they put an iron collar around his neck,

Mark 5:3

This man lived among the tombs, and it had been impossible to tie him up any longer, even with a chain.

Mark 5:5

Day and night he was always shouting out among the tombs and in the hills nearby, cutting himself with sharp stones.

Luke 8:29

For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to leave the man. It had often seized him, and despite being tied down with chains and shackles, and placed under guard, he would break the chains apart and would be driven by the demon into the desert areas.