Mark 5:18

As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 they began entreating Him to depart from their district.

19But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you."

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Cross References

Mark 5:7crying out in a loud voice, "What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me."

Luke 8:38But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.

Luke 23:42And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in 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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