Luke 8:31

Luke 8:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
• New International Version (NIV)And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.

Context of Luke 8:31

29Jesus ordered the evil spirit to come out of the man. (The evil spirit had controlled the man for a long time. People had kept him under guard. He was chained hand and foot. But he would break the chains. Then the demon would force him to go into the desert.) 30Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Legion [Six Thousand].” (Many demons had entered him.) The demons begged Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit. 32A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside. The demons begged Jesus to let them enter those pigs. So he let them do this. 33The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.

Luke 8:31 word by word

καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they besoughtπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he wouldἐπιτάσσωepitassō · to commandG2004
• notμήmē · notG3361
• to go outἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the deepὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the deepἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12

Cross-references for Luke 8:31

• Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he shouted, fell in front of him, and said in a loud voice, “Why are you bothering me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!”
• Job 1:11But now stretch out your hand, and strike everything he has. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”
• Job 2:5But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”
• Philippians 2:10so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will kneel
• Matthew 25:41“Then the king will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me! God has cursed you! Go into everlasting fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels!
• Revelation 9:2It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The smoke darkened the sun and the air.
• Revelation 19:20The beast and the false prophet who had done miracles for the beast were captured. By these miracles the false prophet had deceived those who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Revelation 20:2He overpowered the serpent, that ancient snake, named Devil and Satan. The angel chained up the serpent for 1,000 years.

Commentaries on Luke 8:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31And 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31the Abyss: The Greek word abussos means "bottomless." It often refers to the prison of evil spirits or fallen angels under the surface of the world (Revelation 9:1–2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3; compare 2 Peter 2:4). The metaphor comes from the apparently bottomless depth of the ocean (the ancients had no means for sounding the ocean depths, so to them it was bottomless).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:31

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Deep
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Abyss
• Bottomless, Pit
• Demon; Demoniac; Demonology

Commentaries on Luke 8

• 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