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Lucas 8:31

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Lucas 8:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:31

And they besought him
That is, all the devils, the whole legion of them, entreated Jesus, under whose power, and at whose dispose they were:

that he would not command them to go out into the deep;
meaning, not the deep waters of the sea, for thither they ran the swine at their own request; but the bottomless pit of hell, where others of these spirits lay in chains of darkness; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "into hell": they desired, that when they went out of this man, they might not be ordered thither, or remanded to their former prison; for they knew that if he gave the word of command, they must obey; but that they might be suffered to continue in that country, and range about on earth, or be any where, rather than in hell.

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Lucas 8:31 In-Context

29 Porque El mandaba al espíritu inmundo que saliera del hombre, pues muchas veces se había apoderado de él, y estaba atado con cadenas y grillos y bajo guardia; a pesar de todo rompía las ataduras y era impelido por el demonio a los desiertos.
30 Entonces Jesús le preguntó: ¿Cómo te llamas? Y él dijo: Legión; porque muchos demonios habían entrado en él.
31 Y le rogaban que no les ordenara irse al abismo.
32 Y había una piara de muchos cerdos paciendo allí en el monte; y los demonios le rogaron que les permitiera entrar en los cerdos. Y El les dio permiso.
33 Los demonios salieron del hombre y entraron en los cerdos; y la piara se precipitó por el despeñadero al lago, y se ahogaron.

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