Mark 5:17

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

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In Context

16And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:25Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Mark 1:24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Acts 16:39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of 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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