Mark 5:12
“And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”
Mark 5:12 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- DARBYDarby
- and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- All the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Context: Mark 5
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.
13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
14And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
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Commentary
Mark 5 is a powerful chapter that speaks to the power of faith and the power of Jesus. It begins with Jesus and his disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee and arriving in the region of the Gerasenes. Here, Jesus encounters a man possessed by an unclean spirit. The man is described as living among the tombs, and he is so violent that no one can pass by him. Jesus commands the unclean spirit to come out of the man, and it does so, leaving the man in peace.