Matthew 8:31

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 distance from them there was a herd of many swine feeding

32And Jesus said to them, Go ye. And immediately they came out, and entered into the swine; and that whole herd ran straight to a precipice and plunged into the sea, and perished in the waters.

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Cross References

Mark 5:12And the demons besought him, and said: Send us upon those swine, that we may enter them.

Revelation 12:12Therefore, be joyful, O heaven, and ye that dwell there. Woe to the earth, and to the sea; for the Deceiver hath come down to you, being in great wrath since he knoweth that his time is short.

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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