Matthew 8:34

And, behold, all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their territories.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

33But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

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Cross References

Mark 5:17And they began to entreat him to depart out of their coasts.

Luke 8:28But when he saw Jesus, roaring out, he fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God Most High? I pray thee, torment me not.

Acts 16:39So they came and spoke kindly to them, and fetching them out, besought them to 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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