Matthew 8:30

Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

In Context

29And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time?

31And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

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Cross References

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

Luke 15:15And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:29-34

The Devils Cast Out of Two Men. 28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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