Mark 5:12

And the spirits prayed Jesus, and said, Send us into the swine, [or Send us into the hogs], (or Send us into the pigs), (so) that we enter into them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

In Context

11And there was there about the hill a great flock of swine [or a great drove of hogs] pasturing. (And there was there about the hill a great herd of pigs at pasture.)

13And anon Jesus granted (that) to them. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine [or (and) into the hogs], and with a great rush the flock was cast headlong into the sea, a two thousand, and they were drenched in the sea. (And at once Jesus granted that to them. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the pigs, and with a great rush the herd was thrown headlong into the lake, about two thousand of them, and they were drowned in the lake.)

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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.)

2 Corinthians 2:11that we be not deceived of Satan (or so that we be not deceived by Satan); for we know his thoughts.

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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