Matthew 8:31

And the devils prayed him, and said, If thou castest out us from hence, send us into the drove of swine [or into the drove of hogs]. (And the demons beseeched him, and said, If thou throwest us out of here, then send us into that herd of pigs.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 not far from them was a flock of many swine [or a drove of many hogs] pasturing. (And not far from them was a herd of many pigs at pasture.)

32And he said to them, Go ye. And they went out, and went into the swine [or into the hogs]; and lo! in a great rush all the drove went headlong into the sea, and they were dead in the waters. (And he said to them, Go! And they went out, and went into the pigs; and behold! in a great rush the whole herd went headlong into the lake, and they were dead in the water.)

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Cross References

Mark 5:12And the spirits prayed Jesus, and said, Send us into the swine, [or Send us into the hogs], (or Send us into the pigs), (so) that we enter into them.

Revelation 12:12Therefore, ye heavens, be ye glad, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth, and to the sea; for the fiend is come down to you, and hath great wrath, witting that he hath (just a) little time. (And so, ye heavens, be glad, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth, and to the sea; for the Devil hath come down to you, and he hath great anger, knowing that he hath just a little time left.)

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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