Questions about Mark 5:1-20

Jonathan Robie jonathan at texcel.no
Thu Jul 30 10:58:06 EDT 1998


I have two questions about this section:

1. In verses 3-4, the construction "oude halusei ouketi oudeis edunato
auton dhsai, dia...", combined with what follows, seems to have two
possible meanings, which hinge on the intepretation of the phrase "oudeis
iscuen auton damasai". If "damasai" means literally to subdue, then this
would imply that the man had been successfully chained or shackled in the
past, but he had always gotten free, and now nobody could chain him or
shackle him at all. Is this the right way to read this?

2. In verse 8, the construction "exelqe to pneuma to akaqarton ek tou
anqrwpou" is confusing - "exelqe" is second person imperative, but he seems
to be speaking to the spirits, yet referring to them in the same phrase in
the nominative (not vocative). How is the syntax of this to be interpreted?

Thanks!

Jonathan
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