Matthew 8:34

And behold, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen Him, they called on [Him] that He might depart from their borders.

Literal Standard Version

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

33and those feeding fled, and having gone into the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel does that which YHWH has spoken, and comes to Beth-Lehem, and [the] elderly of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] says, “Is your coming peace?”

1 Kings 18:17[And it] comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of Israel?”

Job 22:17Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, || And what does the Mighty One do to them?

Mark 5:17and they began to call on Him to go away from their borders.

Luke 8:28and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before Him, and with a loud voice, said, “What [regards] me and You, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I implore You, may You not afflict me!”

Acts 16:39and having come, they implored them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth 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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