Luke 8:31 meaning and explanation

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Luke 8:31, Berean Standard Bible

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The demons have just named themselves Legion and are begging Jesus not to send them into the Abyss, the Greek abyssos, a bottomless depth that Jewish thought associated with the confinement of evil powers. The scene is Gentile territory across the lake, where Jesus has met a man long tormented among the tombs.

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