Matthew 8:34

Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

In Context

33Those who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

Job 22:17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’

Mark 5:17They began to beg him to depart from their region.

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”

Acts 16:39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

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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