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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 Es que Jesús le había ordenado al espíritu maligno que saliera del hombre. Se había apoderado de él muchas veces y, aunque le sujetaban los pies y las manos con cadenas y lo mantenían bajo custodia, rompía las cadenas y el demonio lo arrastraba a lugares solitarios.
30 —¿Cómo te llamas? —le preguntó Jesús.—Legión —respondió, ya que habían entrado en él muchos demonios.
31 Y estos le suplicaban a Jesús que no los mandara al abismo.
32 Como había una manada grande de cerdos paciendo en la colina, le rogaron a Jesús que los dejara entrar en ellos. Así que él les dio permiso.
33 Y cuando los demonios salieron del hombre, entraron en los cerdos, y la manada se precipitó al lago por el despeñadero y se ahogó.
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