Luke 8:31

And they prayed him (or And they beseeched him), that he should not command them, that they should go into hell [or that they should go into the deepness].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30And Jesus asked him, and said, What name is to thee? And he said, A legion; for many devils were entered into him, [or for many devils had entered into him], (or for there were many demons in him).

32And there was a flock of many swine [or of many hogs] pasturing in an hill, and they prayed him, that he should suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. (And there was a herd of many pigs at pasture on a hill, and they beseeched him, that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them.)

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Cross References

Job 2:5therefore put to thine hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see, that he shall curse thee in thy face. (and so put thy hand against him, and touch his bones and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he shall curse thee to thy face.)

Luke 8:28This (man), when he saw Jesus, fell down before him, and he crying with a great voice said, (or and he cried with a loud voice, and said), What to me and to thee, Jesus, the Son of the Highest God? I beseech thee, that thou torment me not.

Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel trumped; and I saw, that a star had fallen down from (the) heaven (s) into (the) earth; and the key of the pit of deepness was given to it [or and the key of the pit of deepness is given to him].

Revelation 11:7And when they shall end their witnessing, the beast that ascendeth up from (the) deepness [or from the depth], shall make battle against them, and shall overcome them, and shall slay them. (And when they shall end their testimony, the beast that goeth up from the abyss, shall make battle against them, and shall overcome them, and shall kill them.)

Revelation 19:20And the beast was caught, and with her the false prophet, that made signs before her (or who made miracles before her); in which he deceived them that took the character [or the mark] of the beast, and that worshipped the image of it. These two were sent quick (or alive) into the pool of fire, burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:14And hell and death were sent into the pool of fire. This is the second death.

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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