16 And those who had seen it[a] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs. 17 And they began to urge him to depart from their region. 18 And as[b] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore[c] him that he could go with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:16 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Mark 5:18 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was getting”)
  3. Mark 5:18 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to implore”)