Matthew 8:34

And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.

Darby Translation

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

33But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and related everything, and what had happened as to those possessed by demons.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did what Jehovah said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably?

1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

Job 22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

Mark 5:17And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.

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

Acts 16:39And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of 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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