King James Version
What Does Mark 5:10 Mean?
“And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.”
Context
8
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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