Mark 5:17
They began pleading with Jesus to leave their district.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
In Context
18As Jesus climbed into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:25But we could still die, couldn't we? This enormous fire is going to burn us up, and we'll die if the Lord our God continues to speak to us.
Job 21:14Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.
Mark 1:24“Jesus of Nazareth, why are you bothering us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You're God's Holy One!”
Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he dropped to his knees before Jesus. “Lord, please stay away from me, for I am a sinful man!” he exclaimed.
Acts 16:39and went to apologize to them. They escorted them out and begged them to leave town.
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 →