Mark 5:11
Now a great herd of pigs was there feeding on the hill,
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
In Context
10He begged him again and again not to send them out of the region.
12and they begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs; let us enter into them.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:8The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.
Isaiah 66:3He who slaughters an ox also murders a man; he who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; 1 he who offers a grain offering offers swine's blood; he who offers a memorial of incense also blesses wickedness. 1 They have chosen their own ways, and they take pleasure in their abominations. 1
Luke 8:32Now a large herd of pigs was there feeding on the hillside. The demons begged him to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.
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 →