Matthew 8:30

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What — to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

31and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:7and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up — unclean it [is] to you.

Isaiah 65:3The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:

Mark 5:11And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

Luke 15:15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed 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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