Mark 5:17

And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And they that had seen it, told them, in what manner he had been dealt with who had the devil; and concerning the swine.

18And when he went up into the ship, he that had been troubled with the devil, began to beseech him that he might be with him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:25Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great Are consume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

Job 21:14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Mark 1:24Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Luke 5:8Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Acts 16:39And coming, they besought them; and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of 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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