Markus 5:14

5:14 Now ¹  the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Markus 5:20

5:20 So ²  he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis ³  what Jesus had done for him, ⁴  and all were amazed.

Markus 5:43

5:43 He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, ⁵  and told them to give her something to eat.

Markus 9:9

9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

[5:14]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate a transition to the response to the miraculous healing.

[5:20]  ² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate the conclusion of the episode in the narrative.

[5:20]  ³ sn The Decapolis refers to a league of towns (originally consisting of ten; the Greek name literally means “ten towns”) whose region (except for Scythopolis) lay across the Jordan River.

[5:20]  ⁴ sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.

[5:43]  ⁵ sn That no one should know about this. See the note on the phrase who he was in 3:12.