Mar 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
Reading through and pray and prayed caught my attention. Wondered if they were the same Greek word. They are...G3870.
From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation).
- G3844 - A primary preposition; properly near, that is, (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
- G2564 - Akin to the base of G2753; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise).
Used 108 times in 104 verses...translated comfort, beseeching, besought, intreated, exhort, desire, desiring, exhorting, given.
Of the 16 times the word exhort is used, it's the same Greek definition above, only once is it different.
I find it interesting that both the demon possessed man and his 'neighbors' both prayed to Jesus for something. One for Jesus to leave, the other requesting to go with him.
How do we, in our lives, ask Jesus to get away from us? To go with Him?
Email question: I kinda did not understand your last exhortation/question?
ReplyDeleteMy response: Two different sets of people witnessed/received a miracle, two different responses. When we interact with the Lord, or see/hear Him interact with others, how do we respond?
Both 'prayed', when we pray what do we ask Jesus? To go with Him, or leave me alone in my sin.