Luke 8:32

And there was in that place a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought him to permit them to go into them. And he permitted them.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

In Context

31And they be sought him, that he would not command them to go away into the abyss.

33And the demons came out of the man, and went into the swine; and the herd rushed down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

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Cross References

Mark 5:11Now a great herd of swine was feeding there near the mountain.

1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you, is greater than he that is in the world.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →

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