Mark 5:17
“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
Mark 5:17 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
- DARBYDarby
- And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- They began to beg him to depart from their region.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
Context: Mark 5
15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
16And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
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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.