And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country - The entreaty, it will be observed, was made by one spirit, but in behalf of many - “he besought Him not to send them, etc.” - just as in Mar 5:9, “he answered we are many.” But what do they mean by entreating so earnestly not to be ordered out of the country? Their next petition (Mar 5:12) will make that clear enough.