Mark 5:17
And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
BSB
ASV
And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
KJV
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
And they began to ask him to depart from their region. The Gerasenes, aware of their own frailty, judged themselves unworthy of the Lord's presence, not grasping the word of God, nor yet able to bear the weight of wisdom with their still weak minds. …
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts--Was it the owners only of the valuable property now lost to them that did this? For Luke (Lu 8:37) says, "Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought Him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear." The evil spirits had thus, alas! their object.
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Matthew 8:34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
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They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
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Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD…
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
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Mark 1:24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
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You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
