The Demons and the Pigs
Matthew 8:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- KJV
- And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- WEB
- Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
- ASV
- Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
- LSV
- And there was a herd of many pigs feeding far off from them,
- YLT
- And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,
- DBY
- Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;
- DRC
- And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.
- GNV
- Nowe there was, afarre off from them, a great heard of swine feeding.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη.
- RP2018
- Ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη.
- SCR1894
- ην δε μακραν απ αυτων αγελη χοιρων πολλων βοσκομενη
Who and where
◆ Gadarene Demoniacs
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 11:7And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
- Deuteronomy 14:8as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
- Mark 5:11There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- Isaiah 65:3–4to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted…
- Isaiah 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…
- Luke 8:32There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
- Luke 15:15–16So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
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