Luke 8:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.”
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“And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 8:31 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
- Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
- Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
- Revelation 11:7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Revelation 17:8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
- Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
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