Luke 8:31

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss, the bottomless netherworld.

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In The King James Version

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

In Context

30Yeshua [Salvation] asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” + 8:30 Note: At this time, a Roman legion was made up of ten cohorts of 500 men each, a total of 5,000 soldiers. for many demons had entered into him.

32Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

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Cross References

Luke 8:28When he saw Yeshua [Salvation], he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Yeshua [Salvation], you Son of the Elyon El [Most High God]? I beg you, don’t torment me!”

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 →

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