Bible verse
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
Mark 5:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 5.
1 On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.
2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
3 This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
4 Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
5 Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6 When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.
7 And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
KJV
Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
ASV
who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
ERV
who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
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