Mark 5:11
There was a large herd of pigs close by, feeding on the hillside;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
In Context
10and he begged Jesus again and again not to send them away out of that country.
12and the spirits begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs so that we can take possession of them.”
Cross References
Luke 8:32There was a herd of many pigs close by feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Jesus to give them leave to enter into them. Jesus gave them leave.
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21
The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →