King James Version
Mark 5:6 in the King James Version says “But when he saw Jesus afar off , he ran and worshipped him,” — study this verse from Mark chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when he saw Jesus afar off , he ran and worshipped him,”
Mark 5:6 · KJV
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him .
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
But when he saw Jesus afar off , he ran and worshipped him,
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when he saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“afar off”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“he ran”
G5143which uses ????? <pronunciation strongs="drem'-o"/> (the base of g1408) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figurativ
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“worshipped”
G4352to fawn or crouch to, i.e., (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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