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Luc 8:31

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Luc 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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Luc 8:31 In-Context

29 Car Jésus commandait à l'esprit immonde de sortir de cet homme, dont il s'était saisi depuis longtemps; on le liait de chaînes et on le gardait avec des entraves, mais il rompait ses liens, et il était emporté par le démon dans les déserts.
30 Et Jésus lui demanda: Comment t'appelles-tu? Et il répondit: Légion; car plusieurs démons étaient entrés en lui.
31 Et ils le priaient de ne leur pas commander d'aller dans l'abîme.
32 Or, il y avait là un grand troupeau de pourceaux qui paissaient sur la montagne; et ils le priaient qu'il leur permît d'entrer dans ces pourceaux, et il le leur permit.
33 Les démons étant donc sortis de cet homme, entrèrent dans les pourceaux, et le troupeau se précipita de ce lieu escarpé dans le lac, et fut noyé.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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