Mark 5:18

When Jesus got into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged to go with him.

Text-Critical English NT

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

17Then the people began begging Jesus to depart from their region.

19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to yoʋr house and to yoʋr people, and report to them all that the Lord has done for yoʋ and how he has had mercy on yoʋ.”

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Cross References

Mark 5:7Then he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What do yoʋ have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure yoʋ by God, do not torment me.”

Luke 8:38Now the man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 23:42Then he said to Jesus, “Remember me, Lord, when yoʋ come in yoʋr 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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