Mark 5:18

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

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In The King James Version

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

In Context

17so they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

19But Jesus refused. “Go back to your home, to your own people,” he said, “and tell them of all that the Lord has done for you, and how he took pity on you.”

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Cross References

Mark 5:7shrieking out in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God’s sake do not torment me!”

Luke 8:38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus to let him be with him; but Jesus sent him away.

Luke 23:42Jesus,” he went on, “do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.”

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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