Matthew 8:30

And there was, a good way of from them, a hearde of many swyne, feedyng.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

In Context

29And beholde, they cryed out, saying: O Iesu, thou sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hyther, to torment vs before the tyme?

31So, the deuyls besought hym, saying: Yf thou cast vs out, suffer vs to go away into the hearde of swyne.

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:3To a people that is euer defiyng me to my face, they make their oblations in gardens, and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke.

Mark 5:11But there was there, nye vnto the mountaynes, a great hearde of swyne feedyng.

Luke 15:15And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.

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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