Mark 5:12

and the spirits begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs so that we can take possession of them.”

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In The King James Version

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

In Context

11There was a large herd of pigs close by, feeding on the hillside;

13Jesus gave them leave. They came out, and entered into the pigs; and the herd – about two thousand in number – rushed down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:11so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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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