Matthew 8:31

and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

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In The King James Version

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

In Context

30A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;

32“Go,” he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the water.

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Cross References

Mark 5:12and the spirits begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs so that we can take possession of them.”

Revelation 12:12Therefore, be glad, heaven, and all who live in heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.’

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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