Luke 8:38

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Summary

Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Besought

Philippians 1:23

Saying

Bible References

Besought

And [when he] saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "{What do I have to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

Yahweh your God, you shall revere him, you shall serve him, and to him you shall cling, and by his name you shall swear.

One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.

You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

What shall I give back to Yahweh [for] all his benefits to me?

And [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

Saying

{And} when you come into the land that Yahweh will give to you, as he said, you will keep this {religious custom}.

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'This [is] because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out from Egypt.'

O God, you have taught me from my youth, and up to now I have proclaimed your wonderful deeds.

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for [the] children of humankind,

The works of Yahweh [are] great, studied by all [who] delight [in] them.

Great [is] Yahweh, and very worthy of praise, and his greatness is unsearchable.

I will mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us, and [the] greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love.

And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you."

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many [people] about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

and they were only hearing, "The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,"

[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,