Mark 5:3

New Living Translation

This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:4

At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.

Mark 5:2

When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from the tombs to meet him.

Mark 5:4

Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

Luke 8:29

For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. This spirit had often taken control of the man. Even when he was placed under guard and put in chains and shackles, he simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness, completely under the demon’s power.