Mark 5:12
New International Version
The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.”

New Living Translation
“Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”

English Standard Version
and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.”

Berean Standard Bible
So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Berean Literal Bible
And they begged Him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them."

King James Bible
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

New King James Version
So all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.”

New American Standard Bible
And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us into the pigs so that we may enter them.”

NASB 1995
The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

NASB 1977
And the demons entreated Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And the demons pleaded with Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

Amplified Bible
And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may go into them!”

Christian Standard Bible
The demons begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The demons begged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.”

American Standard Version
And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And those evil spirits were begging of him and they were saying, “Send us unto those swine that we may enter them.”

Contemporary English Version
So the evil spirits begged Jesus, "Send us into those pigs! Let us go into them."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

English Revised Version
And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The demons begged him, "Send us into the pigs! Let us enter them!"

Good News Translation
So the spirits begged Jesus, "Send us to the pigs, and let us go into them."

International Standard Version
So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

Literal Standard Version
and all the demons called on Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs, that into them we may enter”;

Majority Standard Bible
So all the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

New American Bible
And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.”

NET Bible
And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."

New Revised Standard Version
and the unclean spirits begged him, “Send us into the swine; let us enter them.”

New Heart English Bible
And they begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."

Webster's Bible Translation
And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Weymouth New Testament
So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

World English Bible
All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”

Young's Literal Translation
and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

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Context
The Demons and the Pigs
11There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. 12So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.” 13He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.…

Cross References
Matthew 4:24
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed--and He healed them.

Matthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Mark 5:11
There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Mark 5:13
He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.


Treasury of Scripture

And all the devils sought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Job 1:10-12
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land…

Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Luke 22:31,32
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: …

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Mark 5
1. Jesus delivering the possessed of the legion of demons,
13. they enter into the pigs.
22. He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter.
25. He heals the woman subject to bleeding,
35. and raises Jairus' daughter from death.














Verse 12. - Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And he gave them leave. They could not enter even into the swine without Christ's permission; how much less into "the sheep of his pasture"!

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[So]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the demons] begged
παρεκάλεσαν (parekalesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

[Jesus],
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Send
Πέμψον (Pempson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

pigs,
χοίρους (choirous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5519: A swine, hog, sow. Of uncertain derivation; a hog.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

we may enter
εἰσέλθωμεν (eiselthōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

them.”
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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