Mark 5:12 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 5:12

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Remigius of Rheims

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (533)

The devils entered not into the swine of their own will, but their asking for this concession, was, that it might be shown that they cannot hurt men without Divine permission. They did not ask to be sent into men, because they saw that He, by whose power they were tortured, bore a human form. Nor did they desire to be sent into the flocks, for they are clean animals offered up in the temple of God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And all the devils besought him,.... The whole legion of them, not only their chief, in the name of the rest, but all of them earnestly entreated him; they were all humble supplicants, not from love, but fear, and with a view to do mischief: though the word "all" is omitted in some copies, as it is in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions; neither has the Ethiopic the word devils, but both are retained in the Arabic version: saying, send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
παρεκάλεσαν	parekalesan	they begged	G3870 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
πέμψον	pempson	do send	G3992 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
χοίρους	choirous	pigs	G5519 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
εἰσέλθωμεν.	eiselthōmen	let us enter.	G1525 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Through
2 Corinthians 2:11
in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:8
  Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Ephesians 6:11–12
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
  I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark