Matthew 8:30

Now there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

31So the demons implored Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go off into the herd of swine.”

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Cross References

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

Luke 15:15Then he went and joined himself to a citizen 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 →

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