Matthew 8:30
Now at a distance from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
31So the demons begged Jesus, “If yoʋ cast us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.”
Cross References
Mark 5:11Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain.
Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his 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 →