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The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
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Christ's Unquestioned Authority
Commentators unanimously highlight that the demons, powerful as they were, had to beg Jesus for permission. They could not even enter a herd of swine without His command. This demonstrates Christ's absolute sovereignty over all spiritual forces. As Charles Spurgeon notes, "The whines of a legion of devils acknowledge His sovereignty."
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19th Century
Anglican
So the demons begged him. Mark records their words as a plea that He should not send them out of the country, or district…
Baptist
Saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go.
He never wastes words on demons…
The request for the demons to enter into the pigs came probably because of a hatred of God’s creatures, and most certainly because of a desire to s…
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16th Century
Protestant
Permit us to depart into the herd of swine Some conjecture that they wished to attack the swine because they are filled with enmity to all…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So the devils besought him, saying All the devils, the whole legion of them, who perceiving that they must be oblige…
Presbyterian
The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Savior; they neither have nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh, the depth of this mystery of Divine…
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13th Century
Catholic
And when he was come on the other side of the water. Because the miracles through which the Lord freed many people from e…
