Luke 8:31 New English Translation

³¹And they began to beg^[a] him not to order^[b] them to depart into the abyss.^[c]

Luke 8:31 tn One could also translate the imperfect tense here with a repetitive force like “begged him repeatedly.”
Luke 8:31 tn Or “command.”
Luke 8:31 tn This word, ἄβυσσος (abussos), is a term for the place where the dead await the judgment. It also could hold hostile spirits according to Jewish belief (Jub. 5:6-7; 1 En. 10:4-6; 18:11-16).

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