All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
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All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
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and all the devyls besought him sayinge: sende vs into the heerde of swyne that we maye enter in to them.
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And all ye deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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Passages linked to Mark 5:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 1:10-12 Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.” Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
- Luke 22:31-32 The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat, but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
- 2 Corinthians 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Job 2:5 But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send…
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Ver. 12. {See Trapp on "Mat 8:31"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all the devils besought him,.... The whole legion…
And all the devils besought him,.... The whole legion of them, not only their chief, in the name of the rest, but all of them earnestly entreated him; they were all humble supplicants, not from love, but fear, and with a view to do mischief: though the word "all" is omitted in some copies, as it is in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions; neither has the Ethiopic the word devils, but both are retained in the Arabic version:
saying, send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. The Persic version renders it, "seeing thou drivest us from the man, give leave that we may enter into the swine": which is rather a paraphrase than a version, and expresses the sense very well. They chose to be any where, rather than depart the country; and especially than to be sent into the deep, the abyss, or bottomless pit; and they chose to be sent into the swine, as being impure creatures like themselves; and no doubt with a view to destroy them, that they might satisfy themselves as much as they could with doing mischief; though not to that degree they would, nor to those persons they were desirous of; and so bring as much odium and reproach upon Christ as they could, who gave them leave. The devils are unwearied in doing mischief, they cannot rest unless they are about it; and they choose to be concerned in doing it in a lesser way, if they are not allowed to do it as largely as they would; if they are not suffered to touch the lives of men, or ruin their souls, it, is some satisfaction to them to be suffered to hurt their bodies; and if that is no longer permitted, rather than be doing nothing, they are desirous of doing injury to irrational creatures, the property of men; all which shows the malice and wickedness of these evil spirits: See Gill on Mat 8:31.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. ALL the devils] παντες, all, is omitted…
Verse 12. ALL the devils] παντες, all, is omitted by many MSS. and versions; Griesbach leaves it out of the text. οι δαιμονες is omitted also by several: Griesbach leaves it doubtful. Probably it should be read thus, And they besought him, saying.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Send us into the swine — From this…
12. Send us into the swine — From this we should infer, 1. That the infernals preferred a human residence to a bestial one; but they preferred a bestial one to their own infernal home. 2. That it may be, at certain periods of the world, possible for the infernal natures to possess a brute body, especially of such unclean brutes as are congenial with their own uncleanness.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Send us into the swine, that we may enter…
Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And he gave them leave. They could not enter even into the swine without Christ"s permission; how much less into "the sheep of his pasture"!
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