Luke 8:31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

English Standard Version
And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

New American Standard Bible
They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

King James Bible
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And they begged Him not to banish them to the abyss.

International Standard Version
Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

American Standard Version
And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Darby Bible Translation
And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

Young's Literal Translation
and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

Cross References

Luke 8:32
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they sought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Romans 10:7
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Revelation 9:1
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Revelation 9:11
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon.

Revelation 11:7
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Revelation 20:1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:22-40 Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of this history concerning the world of infernal, malignant spirits, which though not working now exactly in the same way as then, yet all must at all times carefully guard against. And these malignant spirits are very numerous. They have enmity to man and all his comforts. Those under Christ's government are sweetly led with the bands of love; those under the devil's government are furiously driven. Oh what a comfort it is to the believer, that all the powers of darkness are under the control of the Lord Jesus! It is a miracle of mercy, if those whom Satan possesses, are not brought to destruction and eternal ruin. Christ will not stay with those who slight him; perhaps he may no more return to them, while others are waiting for him, and glad to receive him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Lu 8:26-39. Demoniac of Gadara Healed.

(See on [1602]Mt 8:28-34; and Mr 5:1-20).