Mark 5:17

And they began to petition him, so that he would withdraw from their borders.

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In The King James Version

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

In Context

16And those who had seen it explained to them how he had dealt with the man who had the demon, and about the swine.

18And as he was climbing into the boat, the man who had been troubled by the demons began to beg him, so that he might be with him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:25Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.

Job 21:14Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.

Mark 1:24saying: “What are we to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.”

Luke 5:8But when Simon Peter had seen this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”

Acts 16:39And arriving, they pleaded with them, and leading them out, they begged them to depart from the city.

Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21

The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →

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