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The Demons and the Pigs

Mark 5:14

In 9 translations

BSB
Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
KJV
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
WEB
Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
ASV
And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.
LSV
And those feeding the pigs fled, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that has been done;
YLT
And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;
DBY
And those that were feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had taken place.
DRC
And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the fields. And they went out to see what was done:
GNV
And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοὺς (“them”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τοὺς (“the”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπήγγειλαν (“proclaimed [it]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀνήγγειλαν (“they declared”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἦλθον (“they went out”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐξῆλθον (“they went out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include καὶ (“And”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include χοίρους (“pigs”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Καὶ οἱ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Καὶ οἱ; Robinson–Pierpont read Οἱ δὲ.
  • SBLGNT: αὐτοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read τοὺς χοίρους.
  • SBLGNT: ἀπήγγειλαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπήγγειλαν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀνήγγειλαν.
  • SBLGNT: ἦλθον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἦλθον; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐξῆλθον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ οἱ βόσκοντες αὐτοὺς ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς· καὶ ἦλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστιν τὸ γεγονός.
RP2018
Οἱ δὲ βόσκοντες τοὺς χοίρους ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς. Καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστιν τὸ γεγονός·
TR-Boyd
Οἱ δὲ βόσκοντες τοὺς χοίρους ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς. Καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἰδεῖν τί ἐστι τὸ γεγονός·
SCR1894
οι δε βοσκοντες τους χοιρους εφυγον και ανηγγειλαν εις την πολιν και εις τους αγρους και εξηλθον ιδειν τι εστιν το γεγονος

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◆ Gadarene Demoniacs

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 8:33Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
  • Luke 8:34When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

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