Luke 8:32

Now a herd of many pigs was feeding there on the hillside; and they started begging Him that He would allow them to go into those; so He gave them permission.

Family 35 New Testament

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 order them to go away into the Abyss.

33Then the demons exited the man and entered the pigs—and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned!

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Cross References

Mark 5:11Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside.

1 John 4:4Dear children, you are of God and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than the one 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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