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Luke 8:31The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.
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Luke 8:31The Bible in Living English
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31 And they were appealing to him not to order them to go to the abyss.
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Luke 8:31American Standard Version
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31 And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
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Luke 8:31The Emphasized Bible
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31 And they were beseeching him that he would not order them into the abyss to depart.
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Luke 8:31King James Version
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31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
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Luke Study Notes—Chapter 8New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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the abyss: Or “the deep.” The Greek word aʹbys·sos, meaning “exceedingly deep” or “unfathomable; boundless,” refers to a place or condition of confinement or imprisonment. It occurs nine times in the Christian Greek Scriptures—here, at Ro 10:7, and seven times in the book of Revelation. The account at Re 20:1-3 describes the future casting of Satan into the abyss for a thousand years. The legion of demons who entreated Jesus not to send them “into the abyss” may have had that future event in mind. In verse 28, one of the demons asked Jesus not to “torment” him. In the parallel account at Mt 8:29, the demons asked Jesus: “Did you come here to torment us before the appointed time?” So the “torment” the demons feared would seem to refer to their being confined or imprisoned in “the abyss.”—See Glossary and study note on Mt 8:29.
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