Matthew 8:30

And there was a herd of many pigs feeding far off from them,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29and behold, they cried out, saying, “What [regards] us and You, [[Jesus,]] Son of God? Did You come here to afflict us before the time?”

31and the demons were calling on Him, saying, “If You cast us forth, permit us to go away into the herd of the pigs”;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:7and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet it does not bring up the cud—it [is] unclean to you.

Isaiah 65:3The people who are continually provoking Me to anger, || To My face, || Sacrificing in gardens, and making incense on the bricks:

Mark 5:11And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of pigs feeding,

Luke 15:15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into the fields to feed pigs,

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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