1 So they went across to the other side {peran: opposite shore} of the sea and arrived in the country of the Gerasenes {Gerasenoi: residents of Gerasa}.
2 When He {Iesous, Divine Deliverer} stepped out of the boat, at once a man came toward Him from the tombs with an unclean spirit {pneumati: impure supernatural presence}.
3 He made his dwelling among the tombs, and no one could bind {dēsai: restrain forcibly} him any longer, not even with a chain {halysei: iron manacles}.
4 For he had often been bound with fetters {pedais: foot shackles} and chains {haluseis: iron restraints}, yet he tore the chains apart and smashed the fetters, and no one had strength to subdue him.
5 And continually, night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he kept crying out {krazon: shouting with anguish} and cutting himself with stones {lithois: sharp rocks}.
6 When he saw Jesus {Iesous, Divine Deliverer} at a distance, he ran up and bowed down {prosekunesen: bowed low} in front of Him.
7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What do I have to do with You, Jesus {Iesous, Feared Holy One}, Son of the Most High God {Theos Hypsistos, Ruler Over All}? I adjure You by God, do not torment me.”
8 For He {Iesous, Authority Over Spirits} was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit {pneuma: defiling spirit}!"
9 And He {Iesous, Authority Over Demons} questioned him, “What is your name?” And he answered Him, “My name is Legion {Legion: Roman military unit}, for we are many.”
10 And he was begging Him {Iesous, Sovereign Over Spirits} earnestly that He would not send them out of the country {chora: surrounding Gentile region}.
11 Now nearby, close to the mountain, there was a large {megale: notably big} herd of pigs {choiron: domesticated swine} feeding.
12 And they begged Him {Iesous, Sovereign Over Demons}, saying, “Send us into the pigs {choirous: ritually unclean animals}, so that we may enter into them.”
13 And He {Iesous, Sovereign Commander} allowed them. The unclean spirits, after coming out, entered the pigs, and the herd dashed down the steep bank into the sea {thalassa: large inland lake}, about two thousand, and they were drowned there.
14 And those feeding them {boskontes: tending livestock} ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside {agrous: open farmland}. Then people went out to see what had happened.
15 And they came to Jesus {Iesous, Delivering Lord}, and they saw the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed, and in his right mind—the one who had had the legion {legiona: Roman military unit}; and they were afraid.
16 And the eyewitnesses {idontes: eyewitness observers} told them how it happened to the man {daimonizomenos: possessed by demons}, and also what happened to the swine.
17 And they began to urge Him {Iesous, Deliverer From Demons} to depart from their region {horion: surrounding district}.
18 As He {Iesous, Divine Deliverer} was getting into the boat, the demon-possessed one {daimonistheis: spirit-held} pleaded earnestly that he might be with Him.
19 But He did not permit him; instead, He said to him, “Go to your house and to your own people {sous: close relatives}, and tell them how much the Lord {Kyrios, Sovereign Healer} has done for you and how He has shown mercy to you.”
20 And he went away and began proclaiming in the Decapolis all that Jesus {Iesous, Restoring Deliverer} had done for him, and everyone was amazed {ethaumazon: filled with wonder}.
21 When Jesus {Iesous, Sought-After Healer} crossed again by boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around Him, and He was beside the sea {thalassa: Sea of Galilee}.
22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came; and when he saw Him {Iesous, Approached Teacher}, he fell at His feet {pous: posture of submission}.
23 And he earnestly pleaded with Him {Iesous, Compassionate Healer}, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her so that she may be healed {sothe: rescued from peril} and live.”
24 And He departed {apelthen: went away promptly} with him {autou: the pleading father}, and a great crowd followed Him and pressed in on Him.
25 And there was a woman {gyne: adult female} who had suffered from a flow {rysei: hemorrhage} of blood for twelve years.
26 She suffered much under many physicians {iatron: medical healers} and, having expended {dapanesasa: expended resources} all her means, received no relief, but instead grew worse.
27 After she had heard about Jesus {Iesous, Sought-After Healer}, she entered the crowd from behind and touched His garment {himation: outer cloak}.
28 For she was saying, “If I might just touch even His {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} garments {himation: outer clothing}, I will be healed.”
29 And immediately the fountain {pege: Spring Source} of her blood dried up, and she knew in her body that she had been healed of the affliction {mastix: Severe Suffering}.
30 And immediately Jesus {Iesous, Discerning Healer}, knowing in Himself that power {dynamin: healing strength} had gone out from Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?”
31 And His {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} disciples were saying to Him, “You see the crowd pressing {synthlibonta: tightly crowding} upon You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
32 And He {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} kept looking around to see the woman who had done this {touto: this specific act}.
33 But the woman, seized with fear and trembling and knowing what had happened to her, came and fell before Him {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} and told Him the whole truth {aletheian: complete disclosure}.
34 But He {Iesous, Merciful Healer} said to her, “Daughter, your faith {pistis: active trust} has saved you; go in peace, and be healed from your affliction.”
35 While He {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying, “Your daughter has died. Why still trouble the Teacher {didaskalos: respected instructor}?”
36 But Jesus {Iesous, Faith-Strengthening Lord}, having overheard this report as it was spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear {phobou: shrink back}; only believe.”
37 He {Iesous, Chooser of Witnesses} did not consent to anyone accompanying Him, except Peter, James, and John the brother {adelphos: close male kin} of James.
38 And they came into the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and He {Iesous, Observant Teacher} saw an uproar with people weeping and wailing greatly {polla: with much intensity}.
39 And when He {Iesous, Life Giver} entered, He said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping {klaiete: loud lamentation}? The child is not dead but is sleeping.”
40 And they laughed {kategelon: scornfully mocked} at Him {Iesous, Rejected Healer}, but He, after putting everyone out, took the father of the child and the mother and those with Him, and He entered where the child was.
41 And taking the hand of the child, He {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} says to her, “Talitha koum,” which is translated, “The little girl {korasion: young maiden}, I say to you, arise.”
42 And immediately the girl rose and began walking {periepatei: ongoing movement}, for she was twelve years old. And they were immediately amazed with great astonishment {ekstasei: overwhelming wonder}.
43 And He {Iesous, Supreme Healer} strictly commanded them that no one should learn about this, and He said that she should be given something to eat {phagein: take nourishment}.