Matthew 8:30

And at a distance from them there was a herd of many swine feeding

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

In Context

29And they cried out, and said: What have we to do with thee? Jesus, thou Son of God. Hast thou come hither before the time to torment us?

31And the demons entreated of him, and said: If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.

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Cross References

Mark 5:11And there was there by the mountain, a great herd of swine grazing.

Luke 15:15And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that place: and he sent him into the field to tend 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 →

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