Matthew 8:34

the whole city came forth to meet Jeshu himself; and when they beheld him, they besought from him that he would remove from their coasts.

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

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

33And they who tended them, fled, and went into the city, and showed every thing that was done, and what concerned these demoniacs.

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Cross References

Mark 5:17And they began to beg of him to go from their coast.

Luke 8:28But when he saw Jeshu, he cried out, and fell before him, and said in a high voice, What to us and to thee, Jeshu, son of Aloha Marima? I beseech of thee, torment me not.

Acts 16:39And they came to them, and besought them to come forth and 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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