Matthew 8:34
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And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

they besought.

Matthew 8:29 And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Deuteronomy 5:25 Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great fire comsume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

1 Samuel 16:4 Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?

1 Kings 17:18 And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me, that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son?

1 Kings 18:17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

Job 21:14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Job 22:17 Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Mark 5:17,18 And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts. . . .

Luke 5:8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Luke 8:28,37-39 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. . . .

Acts 16:39 And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
33And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. 34And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.
Cross References
Amos 7:12
For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.

Mark 5:17
And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

Acts 16:39
And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

Lexicon
Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

whole
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

town
πόλις (polis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

went out
ἐξῆλθεν (exēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

meet
ὑπάντησιν (hypantēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5222: A meeting. From hupantao; an encounter or concurrence.

Jesus.
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when they saw
ἰδόντες (idontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

Him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

they begged [Him]
παρεκάλεσαν (parekalesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

to leave
μεταβῇ (metabē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3327: To change my place (abode), leave, depart, remove, pass over. From meta and the base of basis; to change place.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

region.
ὁρίων (horiōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3725: Neuter of a derivative of an apparently primary horos; a boundary-line, i.e. a frontier.


Additional Translations
Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

And behold, all the city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen Him, they begged Him that He would depart from their region.

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they sought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their borders.

And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.

And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their borders.

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders.

So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on him that he might depart from their borders.
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