Luke 8:31

31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.

Luke 8:31 In-Context

29 He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is "Mob,' " he answered - because many demons had gone into him.
31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
32 There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.
33 They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. abyss: [It was thought that the demons were to be imprisoned in the depths of the earth until their final punishment.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.