Matthew 8:34

And beholde, all ye citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe him, they besought him to depart out of their coastes.

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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

33Then the heardmen fled: and when they were come into the citie, they tolde all things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the deuils.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4So Samuel did that the Lord bade him, and came to Beth-lehem, and the Elders of the towne were astonied at his comming, and sayd, Commest thou peaceablie?

1 Kings 18:17And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

Job 22:17Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.

Mark 5:17Then they began to pray him, that hee would depart from their coastes.

Luke 8:28And when he sawe Iesus, he cryed out and fell downe before him, and with a loude voyce sayd, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of God the most High? I beseech thee torment me not.

Acts 16:39Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.

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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