Matthew 8:31

The demons kept imploring Jesus and saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into that herd of pigs.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

30Now a herd of many pigs was there feeding, not too far away from them.

32Jesus said to them, “Go!” The demons came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep hill into the sea and they died in the water.

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Cross References

Mark 5:12and they begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs; let us enter into them.”

Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice you heavens, 2 and all who reside in them! 1 But woe to the earth and to the sea, 2 because the devil has gone down to you! 1 He is filled with terrible anger 2 because he has only a 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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