Matthew 8:30
Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
31and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud it shall be unclean unto you.
Isaiah 65:3the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;
Mark 5:11Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;
Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he 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 →