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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Mk 5:4a ... "Many times" he was bound through "fetters" and chains ...This verse is a flashback to a previous "time." The text adds two new signs: pollakis (often, many times), and pedé (fetter, a foot chain). The diagram shows the demoniac was bound through by a "fetter and a chain" three "times." Counting down, this is the third time. Mk 5:4b ... and the "chains" had been torn apart by him ...This diagram is the second time. Mk 5:4c ... and the "fetters" trodded together ...The text says suntetriphthai, from sun (together) and tribos (a beaten track). This is a strange choice of words. This diagram shows ... This is the first time. Mk 5:4d ... and nobody was strong enough to tame him.When the three "times" are over, "nobody" steps in, not to tame him but to... Mk 5:03 < Verse > Mk 5:05 |