Luke 8:32
Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.
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31And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:22And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
Job 1:12And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.
Psalms 62:11\62:10\Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
Isaiah 66:3A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.
Mark 5:11Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.
1 John 4:4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who 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 →