Matthew 8:30
“And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding.”
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Matthew 8:30 Context
28¶ And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way. 29And behold, they cryed out, saying, What haue we to doe with thee, Iesus thou sonne of God? Art thou come hither to torment vs befor þe time? 30And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding. 31So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd of swine. 32And he said vnto them, Goe. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ranne violently downe a steepe place into the Sea, and perished in the waters.
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Other Translations for Matthew 8:30
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- King James Version
Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
- Basic English Bible
Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;
- Darby Bible
And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine, feeding.
- Webster's Bible
Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.
- Weymouth Bible
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
- World English Bible
And not fer fro hem was a flocke of many swyne lesewynge.
- Wycliffe Bible
And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 8:30
8:30 There was a herd of many swine - Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keep. Therefore our Lord both justly and mercifully permitted them to be destroyed.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 8:30
Mt 8:30 An herd of many swine. According to Mark, 2,000 (Mr 5:13). They were an unclean animal, kept probably by Jews in violation of the spirit of the Mosaic law; or, if by Gentiles, kept in violation of God's law for the land of Israel.