Matthew 8:30
Nowe there was, afarre off from them, a great heard of swine feeding.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
In Context
31And the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe into the heard of swine.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:7And the swine, because he parteth ye hoofe and is clouen footed, but cheweth not the cud, he shalbe vncleane to you.
Isaiah 65:3A people that prouoked me euer vnto my face: that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon brickes.
Mark 5:11Now there was there in the mountaines a great heard of swine, feeding.
Luke 15:15Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede 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 →