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Mark 5:10 KJV
Mark · chapter 5 · verse 10
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.Mark 5:10 · King James Version
Mark 5:10 in context
8For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- besoughtparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- muchpolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
- sendapostellōto order to go to a place appointed, to send away, dismiss, to allow one to depart, that…G649 →
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We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. This he did when he was come to the other side, whither he went through a storm;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20