Luke 8:32

Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain. And they kept imploring Him that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

In Context

31And he kept imploring Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.

33Then when the demons came out from the man, they entered into the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

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Cross References

Mark 5:11Now there was a large herd of swine feeding there near the mountain.

1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →

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