Luke 8:31

8:31 And they began to beg ¹  him not to order ²  them to depart into the abyss. ³ 

Luke 7:4

7:4 When ⁴  they came ⁵  to Jesus, they urged ⁶  him earnestly, ⁷  “He is worthy ⁸  to have you do this for him,

[8:31]  ¹ tn One could also translate the imperfect tense here with a repetitive force like “begged him repeatedly.”

[8:31]  ² tn Or “command.”

[8:31]  ³ tn This word, ἄβυσσος (abusso"), is a term for the place where the dead await the judgment. It also could hold hostile spirits according to Jewish belief (Jub. 5:6-7; 1 En. 10:4-6; 18:11-16).

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[7:4]  ⁵ tn Although the participle παραγενόμενοι (paragenomenoi) is preceded by the Greek article (οἱ, Joi) which would normally cause it to be regarded as an adjectival or substantival participle, most modern translations, probably as a result of the necessities of contemporary English style, render it as a temporal participle (“when they came”).

[7:4]  ⁶ tn Or “implored.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “urged him earnestly, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is pleonastic (redundant) and has not been translated.

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “Worthy is he to have you do this”; the term “worthy” comes first in the direct discourse and is emphatic.