Luke 8:31
And he kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
In Context
30“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
Cross References
Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40
Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →