Mark 5 · Verse 10

Mark 5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

Mark 5:10, King James Version

Mark 5:10 in other translations

BSB	And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
WEB	He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
ASV	And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
YLT	and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.
DARBY	And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
BBE	And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.
Webster	And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

What does Mark 5:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country--The entreaty, it will be observed, was made by one spirit, but in behalf of many--"he besought Him not to send them, &c."--just as in Mr 5:9, "he answered we are many." But what do they mean by entreating so earnestly not to be ordered out of the country? Their next petition (Mr 5:12) will make that clear enough.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 Out of the country - Strange that these accursed spirits should find it any mitigation of their misery to be permitted to exercise their malevolence in a particular district! But as this is supposed to have been a heathen district, therefore the demons might consider themselves in their own territories; and probably they could act there with less restraint than they could do in a country where the worship of God was established. See on Mar 5:1 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 5:1-20

Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be, and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor…

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Mark 5:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532

παρεκάλειparekaleihe was beggingG3870

αὐτὸνautonHimG846

πολλὰpollanumerous timesG4183

ἵναinathatG2443

μὴmēnotG3361

αὐτὰautathemG846

ἀποστείλῃaposteilēHe may sendG649

ἔξωexōout ofG1854

τῆςtēstheG3588

χώρας.chōrascountry.G5561

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 5:10

Mark 3:22
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Mark 5:13
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

13; 3:22

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Context

Mark 5:9
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:10
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Mark 5:11
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

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Mark 5:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y le rogaba mucho que no le enviase fuera de aquella provincia.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il le priait instamment pour qu’il ne les envoie pas hors du pays.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er bat ihn sehr, daß er sie nicht aus der Gegend fortschicken möchte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et deprecabatur eum multum, ne se expelleret extra regionem.