Mark 5:17

“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”

"And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts." - Mark 5:17
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What does Mark 5:17 mean?

Mark 5:17 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts." This verse comes from a passage in the Book of Mark that tells the story of Jesus casting out a legion of demons from a man in the region of the Gerasenes. After…

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Mark 5:17 (KJV): "And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts." As we delve into Mark 5, we encounter a dramatic moment that follows one of Jesus' most astonishing miracles. Jesus had just restored a man possessed by demons, casting them into a herd of swine that…

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Heavenly Father, We come before You today in awe and reverence, acknowledging Your divine power and mercy that permeates through all the earth. You, O Lord, are a God of might and mightiness, whose grace reaches to the ends of the earth and whose love details the depths of our…

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