Mark 5:10

Mark 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
• New International Version (NIV)And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.

Context of Mark 5:10

8For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" 9And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many." And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12and they begged him, saying, "Send us to the pigs; let us enter them."

Mark 5:10 word by word

καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν πολλὰ ἵνα μὴ αὐτὰ ἀποστείλῃ ἔξω τῆς χώρας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he besoughtπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he wouldἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• notμήmē · notG3361
• away out ofἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• the countryὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the countryχώραchōra · countryG5561

Cross-references for Mark 5:10

• Mark 5:13So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
• Mark 3:22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

Commentaries on Mark 5:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Out of the country - Strange that these accursed spirits should find it any mitigation of their misery to be permitted to exercise their malevolence in a particular district! But as this is supposed to have been a heathen district, therefore the demons might consider themselves in their own territories; and probably they could act there with less restraint than they could do in a country where the worship of God was established. See on Mark 5:1; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-20Verses 1-20 See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34. Mark 5:4 He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13The spirits kept begging Jesus, which shows his authority over them. Jesus allowed them to enter a herd of about 2,000 pigs. The pigs show that this was Gentile (non-Jewish) territory. Some people focus on the loss of the pigs or ask why Jesus allowed the demons to destroy them. But Mark and his audience focused on how Jesus saved the man.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country--The entreaty, it will be observed, was made by one spirit, but in behalf of many--"he besought Him not to send them, &c."--just as in Mr 5:9, "he answered we are many." But what do they mean by entreating so earnestly not to be ordered out of the country? Their next petition (Mr 5:12) will make that clear enough.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 5:10

• Demons
• Gadarenes
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Clothes
• Devil
• Gergesa
• Legion
• Lie
• Straightway
• Throng
• Whole
• Worse

Commentaries on Mark 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings