Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 8:30-31

"And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss." — Luke 8:30-31 (ASV)

So, you see, dear friends, that devils can pray: They besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep; that is, to their place of torment in hell. They would sooner go to the bottom of the sea than go to their own dreadful home; and, if we are half as wise as devils are, we shall dread beyond all things to be driven there. May God grant that no soul among us may ever lift up his eyes in torment, and find himself in that awful deep!