Matthew 8:30
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.
Isaiah 65:3a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
Mark 5:11Now there was there on the mountainside 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 →