Mark 5:12
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And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Job 1:10-12 Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? . . .

Job 2:5 But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face.

Luke 22:31,32 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:11 That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
11And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. 12And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits going out, entered into the swine: and the herd with great violence was carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, were stifled in the sea.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Mark 5:11
And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.

Mark 5:13
And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits going out, entered into the swine: and the herd with great violence was carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, were stifled in the sea.

Lexicon
[So]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the demons] begged
παρεκάλεσαν (parekalesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

[Jesus],
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Send
Πέμψον (Pempson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

pigs,
χοίρους (choirous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5519: A swine, hog, sow. Of uncertain derivation; a hog.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

we may enter
εἰσέλθωμεν (eiselthōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

them.”
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

And they begged Him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them."

And all the devils sought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'
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