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The Demons and the Pigs

Luke 8:34

In 9 translations

BSB
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
KJV
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
WEB
When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
ASV
And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
LSV
And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;
YLT
And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;
DBY
But they that fed [them], seeing what had happened, fled, and told [it] to the city and to the country.
DRC
Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled away, and told it in the city and in the villages.
GNV
When the heardmen sawe what was done, they fled: and when they were departed, they tolde it in the citie and in the countrey.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γεγονὸς (“already happening”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γεγενημένον (“happened”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ἀπελθόντες (“having gone”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: γεγονὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γεγονὸς; Robinson–Pierpont read γεγενημένον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγονὸς ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς.
RP2018
Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγενημένον ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς.
TR-Boyd
Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγενημένον ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπελθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς.
SCR1894
ιδοντες δε οι βοσκοντες το γεγενημενον εφυγον και απελθοντες απηγγειλαν εις την πολιν και εις τους αγρους

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 5:14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
  • Matthew 28:11While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
  • Acts 19:16–17Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded. This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and…
  • Matthew 8:33Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

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