Mark 5:10
And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
BSB
ASV
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
KJV
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Luke, however, says, into the abyss. (Luke 8:3.) For the abyss is the separation of this world, for devils deserve to be sent into outer darkness, prepared for the devil and his angels. This Christ might have done, but He allowed them to remain in this world, lest the absence of a tempter should deprive men of the crown of victory.
Out of the country - Strange that these accursed spirits should find it any mitigation of their misery to be permitted to exercise their malevolence in a particular district! But as this is supposed to have been a heathen district, therefore the demons might consider themselves in their own territories; and probably they could act there with less restraint than they could do in a country where the worship of God was established. See on Mar 5:1 (note).
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Mark 3:22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
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Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his…
But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
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Mark 5:13He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the…
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“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
