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LUKE 8:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 8:30Luke 8:32
“And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.”
And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the abyss — the request not to be sent to the abyss (abyssos, the bottomless pit of eschatological imprisonment) is the demons' fear of premature judgment. Luke specifies the abyss where Mark specifies the region — the demons fear the eschatological confinement that Jesus' arrival signals.

Church Fathers on Luke 8:31

The Savior, as He sailed with His disciples, came to a port, as it is said, And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Many accurate copies have neither “Gerazenes” nor “Gadarenes,” but “Gergezenes.” For Gadara is a city in Judea, but neither lake nor sea is found at it, and Geraza is a city of Arabia, having neither lake nor sea near. But Gergeza, from which the Gergezenes are called, is an ancient city near the lake of Tiberias, above which is a rock hanging over the lake, into which they say the swine were dashed down by the devils. But since Gadara and Geraza border upon the land of the…

TITUS BOST ·

For Geraza is a famous city of Arabia, on the other side of the Jordan, close to the mountain of Galaad, which was possessed by the tribe of Manasseh, and not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were cast headlong.

Bede · 8th century
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