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Mark 5:17 Cross-References
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“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
Mark 5:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 5:17
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. This shocking response reveals the tragedy of valuing temporal comfort above eternal salvation. 'They began to pray him' (ἤρξαντο παρακαλεῖν αὐτόν, ērxanto parakalein auton) uses the same verb (parakalein) employed for earnest pleading—the same intensity used by those seeking healing. Yet here it expresses the opposite desire: 'depart out of their coasts' (ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν, apelthein apo tōn horiōn autōn)—leave our region.Why would people who witnessed supernatural deliverance reject the Deliverer? Fear of further economic d...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 5:17
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“all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him”
“Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”
“for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat”
“when he saw it”
“'Depart from us”
“they asked them to depart from the city.”
“Go from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
“he said”
“then we shall die.”
“What have I to do with you”