Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
Luke 8:31 in other translations
| BSB | And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss. |
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| WEB | They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. |
| ASV | And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss. |
| YLT | and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss, |
| DARBY | And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit. |
| BBE | And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep. |
| Webster | And they besought him, that he would not command them to go out into the deep. |
What does Luke 8:31 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:22-40
Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our…
Luke 8:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:31
- Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Revelation 9:11
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
- Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
- Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
- Revelation 20:14-15
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Philippians 2:10-11
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Job 1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
- Revelation 9:1-2
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
- Revelation 20:1-3
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
- Revelation 11:7
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Luke 8:28
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28; Job 1:11; 2:5; Php 2:10,11
the deep."The abyss," says Dr. Doddridge, "the prison in which many of these fallen spirits are detained; and to which some, who may, like these, have been permitted for a while to range at large, are sometimes by Divine justice and power remanded."
Mt 25:41; Re 9:2; 19:20; 20:2,3,14,15
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Context
- Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
- Luke 8:32
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Luke 8:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y le rogaban que no les mandase ir al abismo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils le priaient pour qu’il ne leur commande pas de s’en aller dans l’abîme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie baten ihn, daß er ihnen nicht gebieten möchte, in den Abgrund zu fahren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et rogabant illum ne imperaret illis ut in abyssum irent. |