Matthew 8:31

Then the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of swine.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

In Context

30And at a considerable distance, there was a great herd of swine feeding.

32And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out of him, entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

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Cross References

Mark 5:12and all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Revelation 12:12Therefore be exceeding glad ye heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

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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