Matthew 8:30
And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
31And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
Isaiah 65:3A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face: that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.
Mark 5:11And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.
Luke 15:15And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm 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 →