Matthew 8:34

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And seeing Him, they implored Him that He might go away from their region.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

In Context

33Then those who tended them fled; and going off into the city, they reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

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Cross References

Mark 5:17Then they began to implore Him to go away from their region.

Luke 8:28And seeing Jesus and crying out, he fell down before Him, and with a loud voice he said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!”

Acts 16:39And coming, they appealed to them, and bringing them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

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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