Matthew 8:30
Now there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
31Then the demons petitioned him, saying: “If you cast us from here, send us into the herd of swine.”
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7and also the swine, which, though its hoof is divided, does not chew over again.
Isaiah 65:3to a people who provoke me to anger before my face continually, who immolate in the gardens, and who sacrifice upon the bricks.
Mark 5:11And in that place, near the mountain, there was a great herd of swine, feeding.
Luke 15:15And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that region. And he sent him to his farm, in order to feed the 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 →