The Demons and the Pigs
Luke 8:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
- KJV
- And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
- 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.
- LSV
- and he was calling on Him that He may not command them to go away into the abyss,
- YLT
- and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,
- DBY
- And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.
- DRC
- And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
- GNV
- And they besought him, that he would not commaund them to goe out into the deepe.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παρεκάλουν (“they were begging”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παρεκάλει (“was begging”).
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- SBLGNT: παρεκάλουν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παρεκάλουν; Robinson–Pierpont read παρεκάλει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.παρεκάλει ¦ παρεκάλουν SCR
- SCR1894
- και παρεκαλουν αυτον ινα μη επιταξη αυτοις εις την αβυσσον απελθειν
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- Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
- Philippians 2:10–11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Revelation 20:1–3Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And…
- Revelation 17:8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the…
- Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Revelation 20:14–15Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
- Revelation 9:1–2Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the…
- Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
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