παρεκάλουν. If παρεκάλει be the right reading, it should be rendered “he besought Him,” for the plural is used in the next verse.

εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον. The ‘abyss’ (Hebrew tehôm) intended is perhaps the prison of wicked spirits (Romans 10:7; Jude 1:6; Revelation 20:3). St Mark says “that He would not send them out of the country.”

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Old Testament