Mark 5:17

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

Cross-references

Mark 5:7 Parallel

Mark 5:7 has the demon begging not to be tormented — now the townspeople beg Jesus to leave. Both are fearful reactions to His power in the same story.

Mark 5:18 Contrast

Mark 5:18 contrasts the healed man begging to stay with Jesus while the townspeople begged Him to leave — opposite responses to the same miracle.

Job 21:14 Allusion

Job 21:14 uses the same phrase 'Depart from us' as the townspeople's plea for Jesus to leave — both reject God's presence.

Matthew 8:34 is the parallel account of the same event — the townspeople beg Jesus to leave their region after the demoniac is healed.

Luke 8:37 Parallel

Luke 8:37 is the parallel account — the Gadarenes ask Jesus to leave because they are seized with great fear.

Luke 5:8 Contrast

Luke 5:8 shows Peter saying 'Depart from me' out of reverence — contrasting with the townspeople's fear-driven rejection of Jesus.

Genesis 26:16 shows Abimelech asking Isaac to leave because he is too powerful — same pattern: people fear the man of God's presence and want him gone.

Acts 16:39 Parallel

Acts 16:39 shows magistrates begging Paul and Silas to leave the city after a miraculous prison release — similar plea to be gone.