King James Version

Mark 5:12

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “all the demons” (πάντες οἱ δαίμονες) before saying here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπαρεκάλεσανparekalesanbesoughtπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “besought”, a single actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.besoughtαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingΠέμψονpempsonSendπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Send”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.SendἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χοίρουςchoirousswineχοῖρος (choiros)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “swine”, the object formG5519a swine, hog, sow.the swineἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰσέλθωμενeiselthōmento enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δαίμονεςdaimonesdevilsδαίμων (daimōn)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “devils”, the subject formG1142an evil-spirit, demon.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

World English Bible

All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”

Darby Translation

and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

Douay-Rheims

And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

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