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Mark Chapter 5 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Mark 5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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BBE Mark 5:10

And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.
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DARBY Mark 5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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KJV Mark 5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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WBT Mark 5:10

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WEB Mark 5:10

He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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YLT Mark 5:10

and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. It would appear as though this evil spirit felt (speaking in the name of the other evil spirits) that if they were driven out from their present dwelling-places, their condition would be changed for the worse; and that until the time should come when they were to be cast into the abyss, their best relief was to possess some materialism, to occupy flesh and blood, and that flesh and blood tenanted by a spiritual being, through whom they might torment others. They could find no rest, no relief, but in this. "The unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not" (Matthew 12:43). Even the swine were better than nothing; but that dwelling did not serve the evil spirits long.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) He besought him much that he would not send them.--The words are singularly significant of the state of the demoniac as half-conscious of his own personal being, and half-identifying himself with the disturbing demoniac forces which were tormenting him, and yet in so doing were leading him to look on the great Healer as his tormentor.