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International Standard Version

Luke 8:31

Then the demonsthey">[fn] began begging Jesushim">[fn] not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.Revelation 20:3;">[xr]

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Power;   Realized Power;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deep and Depths;   Gadara;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abyss;   Clean, Unclean;   Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Abyss;   Communion (2);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Deep;   Gadara;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deep;   Hell;   Satan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deep, the;   Evangelism;   Gadarene;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abyss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abyss ;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Descent into Hades;   Grecians, Greeks;   Lake of Fire;   Luke;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Poet;   Possession;   Spirits in Prison;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bottomless Pit;   Deep, the;   Gadarenes;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abyss;   Lunatics;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abyss, the;   Bottomless Pit;   Deep;   Demon;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abyss;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And they begged him not to banish them to the abyss.
King James Version (1611)
And they besought him, that he would not command them to goe out into the deepe.
King James Version
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
English Standard Version
And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
New American Standard Bible
And they were begging Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.
New Century Version
The demons begged Jesus not to send them into eternal darkness.
Amplified Bible
They continually begged Him not to command them to go into the abyss.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they were pleading with Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.
Berean Standard Bible
And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
Contemporary English Version
They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.
Complete Jewish Bible
They begged Yeshua not to order them to go off into the Bottomless Pit.
Darby Translation
And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.
Easy-to-Read Version
The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they besought him, that he would not commaund them to goe out into the deepe.
George Lamsa Translation
And they besought him not to command them to go down into the abyss.
Good News Translation
The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
Lexham English Bible
And they began imploring him that he would not order them to depart into the abyss.
Literal Translation
And they begged Him that He not order them to go away into the abyss.
American Standard Version
And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
Bible in Basic English
And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.
Hebrew Names Version
They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Etheridge Translation
And they besought from him that he would not cast them out to go into the abyss.
Murdock Translation
And they besought him, not to command them to depart into the abyss.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they besought hym, that he woulde not commaunde them, to go out into the deepe.
English Revised Version
And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
World English Bible
They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they besought him, that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Weymouth's New Testament
and they besought Him not to command them to be gone into the Bottomless Pit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei preyden hym, that he schulde not comaunde hem, that thei schulden go in to helle.
Update Bible Version
And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they besought him, that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
New English Translation
And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.
New King James Version
And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.
New Living Translation
The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.
New Life Bible
The demons asked Jesus not to send them to the hole without a bottom in the earth.
New Revised Standard
They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they were beseeching him that he would not order them, into the abyss, to depart.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Revised Standard Version
And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they besought him yt he wolde not comaunde the to goo out into ye depe.
Young's Literal Translation
and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they besought him, that he wolde not comaunde the to go in to the depe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and they entreated him not to condemn them to the abyss.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They begged Jesus not to send them to hell.

Contextual Overview

22 One day Jesushe">[fn] and his disciples got into a boat. He said to them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.Matthew 8:23; Mark 4:35;">[xr] 23 Now as they were sailing, Jesushe">[fn] fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger. 24 So they went to him, woke him up, and said, "Master! Master! We're going to die!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. They stopped, and there was calm. 25 Then he asked the disciples,them">[fn] "Where is your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!" 26 They landed in the region of the Gerasenes,Gadarenes; still other mss. read Gergesenes">[fn] which is just across the lake from Galilee.Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1;">[xr] 27 When Jesushe">[fn] stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. This man was controlled byHe had">[fn] demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!" 29 For Jesushe">[fn] was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spiritit">[fn] had seized the man,him">[fn] and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places. 30 Jesus asked him, "What's your name?" He answered, "Legion,"[fn] because many demons had gone into him. 31 Then the demonsthey">[fn] began begging Jesushim">[fn] not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.Revelation 20:3;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Luke 8:28, Job 1:11, Job 2:5, Philippians 2:10, Philippians 2:11

the deep: "The abyss," says Dr. Doddridge, "the prison in which many of these fallen spirits are detained; and to which some, who may, like these, have been permitted for a while to range at large, are sometimes by Divine justice and power remanded." Matthew 25:41, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:14, Revelation 20:15

Reciprocal: 2 Peter 2:4 - but Revelation 9:1 - the bottomless

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they besought him,.... That is, all the devils, the whole legion of them, entreated Jesus, under whose power, and at whose dispose they were:

that he would not command them to go out into the deep; meaning, not the deep waters of the sea, for thither they ran the swine at their own request; but the bottomless pit of hell, where others of these spirits lay in chains of darkness; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "into hell": they desired, that when they went out of this man, they might not be ordered thither, or remanded to their former prison; for they knew that if he gave the word of command, they must obey; but that they might be suffered to continue in that country, and range about on earth, or be any where, rather than in hell.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. — In the Chaldaic philosophy, mention is made of certain material demons, who are permitted to wander about on the earth, and are horribly afraid of being sent into abysses and subterranean places. Psellus says, De Daemonibus: "These material demons fearing to be sent into abysses, and standing in awe of the angels who send them thither, if even a man threaten to send them thither and pronounce the names of those angels whose office that is, it is inexpressible how much they will be affrighted and troubled. So great will their astonishment be, that they cannot discern the person that threatens them. And though it be some old woman or little old man that menaces them, yet so great is their fear that they depart as if the person who menaces had a power to kill them." See Stanley's Chaldaic Philosophy.


 
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