Matthew 8:30

Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

31So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

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Cross References

Mark 5:11Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine.

Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm 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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