Matthew 8:30
Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.
Isaiah 65:3\64:4\The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
Mark 5:11Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.
Luke 15:15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
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 →