And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was there an herd of many swine,.... About two thousand, Mar 5:13,
Feeding on the mountain; See Gill on Mar 5:11.
And they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them;…
Adam Clarke
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep - In the Chaldaic philosophy, mention is made of certain material demons, who are permitted to wander about on the earth,…
We have here two illustrious proofs of the power of our Lord Jesus which we had before - his power over the winds, and his power over the devils. See Mk. 4 and 5.
I. His power over the winds, those…
Cambridge Bible
they besought If parekaleibe the right reading, it should be rendered "hebesought Him," for the plural is used in the next verse.
to go out into the deep The -abyss" (Hebrew tehom)intended is perhaps…
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