Place & Setting
According to Mark 5:1, what region did Jesus arrive in when He met the demon-possessed man?
The country of the Gadarenes.
According to Mark 5:6, what did the man do when he first saw Jesus?
He ran and worshipped Him.
According to Mark 5:9, what name did the demon give when Jesus asked?
“Legion, for we are many.”
According to Mark 5:15, what was the man doing after Jesus healed him?
The man was sitting, clothed, and in his right mind.
According to Mark 5:18, what did the healed man want to do after being freed?
The healed man wanted to follow Jesus.
According to Mark 5:23, where did the demon-possessed man live?
Among the tombs.
According to Mark 5:5, how did the man harm himself?
He cut himself with stones.
According to Mark 5:11-12, into what animals did Jesus allow the demons to enter?
A herd of swine feeding.
According to Mark 5:15, what did the people do when they saw that the man was healed?
They were afraid.
According to Mark 5:19, what did Jesus tell him (the healed man) to do instead?
Jesus told him to go home to his friends and tell them what the Lord had done.
According to Mark 5:2, what happened immediately as Jesus stepped out of the boat in the region of the Gadarenes?
A man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs to meet Him.
According to Mark 5:9, what question did Jesus first ask the demon?
“What is thy name?”
According to Mark 5:13, about how many pigs did the demons enter?
About two thousand
Mark 5:14, what did the people who took care of the pigs tell others in the city and country?
They told what happened to the man and the pigs.
According to Mark 5:20, in what region did the healed man spread the news about Jesus?
Decapolis.
According to Mark 5:3-4, what physical attempts had been made to control the man?
He was often bound with chains and fetters; however, he managed to break free from them.
According to Mark 5:10, what did the demons beg Jesus not to do to them?
Not to send them away out of the country
According to Mark 5:13, what happened to the pigs after the demons entered them?
The herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea and were choked in the sea
According to Mark 5:17, what did the people beg Jesus to do after witnessing the miracle?
Beg Him to depart from their coasts.
According to Mark 5:20, how did people respond to the man’s testimony?
They marveled.
According to this lesson, why do you think Jesus intentionally traveled across the sea to this specific region?
Jesus went there to help a man no one else could help and to show His power works everywhere.
According to Mark 5:7, why is it important that even the demons recognized Jesus’ authority?
It shows that Jesus’ power is real and greater than theirs.
Mark 5:13, what might the pigs’ destruction teach us about the destructive nature of demons?
It shows that demons only bring harm and destruction. They don’t mean anything good for anyone.
Based on Mark 5:15-17, why might people fear Jesus’ power instead of rejoicing over the miracle?
They were scared because they did not understand Jesus’ power; it was bigger than anything they had ever seen. It was just more than they could handle at the moment.
Based on Mark 5:18-20, what makes the healed man’s testimony effective even without formal training?
Personal transformation is powerful. Because people knew how he used to be and saw how much Jesus changed him, his life was the proof.