Matthew 8:34

The whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they found him, they begged him to leave their district.

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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

33The pig herders ran away. They went to the town and told the people there everything that had taken place, and what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4Samuel did what the Lord had told him to and went to Bethlehem. When the town elders met him, they were afraid and asked him, “Do you come in peace?”

1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you—you who are causing trouble for Israel?”

Job 22:17They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’

Mark 5:17They began pleading with Jesus to leave their district.

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus he screamed, fell down at Jesus' feet, and asked in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please don't torture me, I beg you!”

Acts 16:39and went to apologize to them. They escorted them out and begged them to leave town.

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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