Mark 5:18-19

[18] And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that with him. [19] suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and them how great things the Lord hath done and hath had compassion

What is the context of Mark 5:18-19?

Demons Driven Out by the Master (Mark 5:1-20 true)
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon (Mark 5:1-20 true)
Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man .( A .) .( B .) (Mark 5:1-20 true)
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man (Mark 5:1-20 true)
The Gerasene Demoniac (Mark 5:1-20 true)
A Demon-possessed Gerasene Healed (Mark 5:1-20 true)
A Demon-Possessed Man Healed (Mark 5:1-20 true)

What does Mark 5:18-19 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Why did Jesus instruct the man to tell others about what the Lord had done for him when He had told the cleansed leper not to tell anyone ( Mark 1:44; cf. Mark 5:43; Mark 7:36)? Apparently there was little danger in this Gentile region that the people would create problems for Jesus" mission as they did in Jewish territory. We need not understand Jesus" command as a permanent prohibition against following Him. Perhaps this man did return and become a disciple after he bore witness locally. The synonymous use of the names "Lord" and "Jesus" shows that the man regarded Jesus as God (cf. Mark 5:7; Luke 8:39).

Jesus" instructions to this man in a Gentile region would have helped Mark"s original Gentile readers know what an appropriate response to His deliverance of them was.

"Though we are not tortured by the devil, yet he holds us as his slaves, till the Son of God delivers us from his tyranny. Naked, torn, and disfigured, we wander about, till he restores us to soundness of mind." ^[1]