Matthew 8:30

Now there was at a distance from them a herd of many swine feeding.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

In Context

29And they shouted, saying, What to us, and to thee, Jeshu, son of Aloha? Hast thou come hither before the time, to torment us?

31Those demons, therefore, supplicated from him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.

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Cross References

Mark 5:11Now at the mountain there was a great herd of swine feeding.

Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to one of the sons of the city of that place; and he sent him into the field to tend the swine.

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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