“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
King James Version (KJV)
5:15 And they were afraid - It is not improbable they might otherwise have offered some rudeness, if not violence.
5:18 #Mt 9:1|; Lu 8:37;
5:19 Tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee - This was peculiarly needful there, where Christ did not go in person.
Mr 5:17 They began to pray him to depart. Christ does not stay where he is not wanted. He never visited the country of the Gadarenes again.
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And they began to implore Him to leave their region.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they made a request to him to go out of their country.
- Basic English Bible
And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.
- Darby Bible
And they began to pray him to depart out of their borders.
- Webster's Bible
Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district.
- Weymouth Bible
They began to beg him to depart from their region.
- World English Bible
And thei bigunnen to preie hym, that he schulde go a wei fro her coostis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.
- Youngs Literal Bible