Matthew 8:34

And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their borders.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

In Context

33And those who fed them fled, and went into the city, and told every thing, and what had happened to those who had been possessed with the demons.

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Cross References

Mark 5:17And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Acts 16:39and they came, and entreated them, and led them out, and requested them to depart from the city.

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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