Mark 5:11
But there was there, nye vnto the mountaynes, a great hearde of swyne feedyng.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
In Context
10And he prayed hym instantly, that he woulde not sende them away, out of the countrey.
12And all the deuyls besought hym, saying: sende vs into the swyne, that we may enter into them.
Cross References
Isaiah 66:3For who so slayeth an oxe [for me, doth me so great dishonour] as he that killeth a man: He that killeth a sheepe for me knetcheth a dogge: He that bryngeth me meate offerynges, offereth sivynes blood, who so maketh me a memorial of incense, prayseth the thyng that is vnryght: Yet take they such wayes in hande, and their soule delyghteth in these abhominations.
Luke 8:32And there was there, an hearde of many swyne, feedyng on an hyll: and they besought hym, that he woulde suffer them to enter into them: and he suffered them.
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21
The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →