And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
Parallel translations
- WEB They began to beg him to depart from their region.
- KJV And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- NKJV Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region.
- NASB And they began to beg Him to leave their region.
- NLT And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.
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The people begin to beg Jesus to leave their region.
Overview
Rather than embracing the One who delivered the man, the people ask Jesus to depart, valuing their comfort and property over his presence. Their fear of his power outweighs their gratitude for his mercy. This tragic response warns against rejecting Christ when his demands unsettle our priorities.
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Cross-references · 10
- Matt 8:34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
- Mark 1:24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Luke 8:37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- Gen 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
- Mark 5:7And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- 1 Kgs 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
- Deut 5:25But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
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