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Selected Verse: Mark 5:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:18 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] when he [846] was come [1684] into [1519] the ship [4143], he that had been possessed with the devil [1139] prayed [3870] him [846] that [2443] he might be [5600] with [3326] him [846]. |
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King James |
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him--the grateful heart, fresh from the hand of demons, clinging to its wondrous Benefactor. How exquisitely natural! |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
When he was come (ἐμβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ)
The participle is in the present tense. Not after he had embarked, but while he was in the act. Hence Rev., rightly, as he was entering. With this corresponds the graphic imperfect παρεκάλει: While he was stepping into the boat the restored man was beseeching him.
That (ἵνα)
In order that. Not the subject but the aim of the entreaty. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mat 9:1; Luk 8:37; |
37 Then [2532] the whole [537] multitude [4128] of the country [4066] of the Gadarenes [1046] round about [4066] besought [2065] him [846] to depart [565] from [575] them [846]; for [3754] they were taken [4912] with great [3173] fear [5401]: and [1161] he [846] went up [1684] into [1519] the ship [4143], and returned back again [5290].
1 And [2532] he entered [1684] into [1519] a ship [4143], and passed over [1276], and [2532] came [2064] into [1519] his own [2398] city [4172].