Matthew 8:31

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

32and he saith to them, 'Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters,

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Cross References

Mark 5:12and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

Revelation 12:12because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; woe to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

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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