Matthew 8:34

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him that he would depart out of their region.

Revised King James 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

33And those who kept them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those possessed by the devils.

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Cross References

Mark 5:17And they began to beg him to depart from their region.

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God most high? I beg you, do not torment me.

Acts 16:39And they came to appease them, and brought them out, and asked 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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