Mark 5:18

And as he ascended the ship, the late demoniac requested that he might continue with him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

17And they began to request him, that he would go from their border.

19And he suffered him not, but said to him: Go home to thy people, and tell them what the Lord hath done for thee, and hath compassionated thee.

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Cross References

Mark 5:7and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the High God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

Luke 8:38And the man, from whom the demons had gone out, requested that he might remain with him. But Jesus dismissed him, and said to him:

Luke 23:42And he said to Jesus: My Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy 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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