Mark 5:17

And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And they who saw it told them how it befell him that was possessed by the demons, and concerning the swine.

18And when he was going on board the boat, he that had been possessed by the demons besought him that be might be with him.

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Cross References

Job 21:14And yet they say unto 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? Thou hast come to destroy us; we know who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Luke 5:8And Simon Peter seeing it fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

Acts 16:39And they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they entreated them to leave 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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