Luke 8:31

Webster's Bible (1833)

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.

Transliteration

And parekaloun him hina not epitaxē them into the abysson apelthein.

Grammar Details

• *parekaloun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were begging/imploring
• *hina*: subordinating conjunction - that/in order that
• *epitaxē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might command/order
• *abysson*: accusative feminine singular - abyss/bottomless pit
• *apelthein*: aorist active infinitive - to go away/depart

Word Meanings

• *parekaloun*: were begging/imploring/urging/exhorting
• *epitaxē*: might command/order/direct
• *abysson*: abyss/bottomless pit/deep
• *apelthein*: to go away/depart/leave

Referenced Verses

• Rev 9:1-2 : 1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. 2 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a{TR adds "great"} burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
• Rev 9:11 : 11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon,"{"Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction} but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."{"Apollyon" means "Destroyer."}
• Rev 11:7 : 7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.{TR reads "yet is" instead of "shall be present"}
• Rev 19:20 : 20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
• Rev 20:14-15 : 14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Job 1:11 : 11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
• Job 2:5 : 5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
• Luke 8:28 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.