Matthew 8:28

And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came to the other side of the lake, in the land of the people of Gadara, he was met by two men possessed by shedim (demons); these men were coming out of the kevarim (tombs) of the burial caves and were so dangerous no one could pass by on that road.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this!? That even the winds and the sea obey him!

29And they screamed, saying, Mah lanu valach, Ben HaElohim? (What to us and to you, Ben HaElohim?) + 8:29 i.e., What business do you have with us, Ben HaElohim Have you come here to torture us before the time? + 8:29 of the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment

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Cross References

Genesis 15:21And the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi.

Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar ben Anat, 1 in the days of Ya'el, the roads were abandoned, 1 and the travellers walked the byways. 1

Mark 5:1And they came to the other side of the lake, to the country of the Gerasenes.

Acts 10:38You know Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua from Natzeret, how Hashem anointed him with the Ruach Hakodesh and with ko'ach (power), and how he went about doing mitzvot and giving refu'ah shlemah to all the ones being oppressed by Samael (the devil) because Hashem was with him. + 10:38 Isa 61:1

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:24-28

Jesus Allays a Storm. 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even… Read the whole commentary →

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