“ And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. ”
The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1-20 , and Luke 8:26-38 . Matthew 8:28 The other side - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias. Country of the Gergese...
And there was (f) a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (f) On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen, lived after the...
The Gerasene Demoniacs ( Mark 5:1-20 *, Luke 8:26-39 ) Mt. is considerably shorter than Mk.; note his summary of Mark 5:3-5 and omission of Mark 5:8-10 ; Mark 5:18-20 . He frequently omits qu...
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. A herd of many swine - These were in all probability Jewish property, and kept and used in express violation of the law of God; a...
And there was a good way off—many swine, &c.— Instead of a good way off, Dr. Doddridge reads at a considerable distance,—at some distance ;—and by comparing Mark 5:11 and Luke 8:32 it wi...
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 wa...
The Leper Cleansed. The Centurion's Servant Healed. Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother and many others. Stilling of the Tempest. Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs 1-4. Cleansing of the leper ( Mark...
An herd of many swine. — We are surprised at first to find swine kept in a country where their flesh could not be an article of food. But though the Jews did not eat pork, Roman soldiers did, and t...
Chapter 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1-34 - Matthew 9:1-35 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23 , we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preach...
an Unwelcome Visitor Matthew 8:28-34 The demon spirit seems still to tenant the lives of human beings. To what else can we attribute the paroxysms of passion, the awful cruelties and inhumaniti...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His powe...
We meet with the relation of this miracle, and somewhat more particularly enlarged, in Mark 5:1 . I refer the Reader therefore to that part of my Commentary for my observations upon it. I only detai...
And there was a good way off from them ,.... "Nigh unto the mountains", as Mark says, or "on the mountain", as Luke, bordering on the sea shore; so that though it was at some distance, yet within si...
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. Ver. 30. A herd of many swine feeding ] Suillo pecori anima pro sale data, saith Varro. Swinish epicures also have their s...
And there was a good way off from them That is, at a considerable distance, although, it seems, within their view; a herd of many swine Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keeps much less to...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compa...
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 pos...
See Poole on " Matthew 8:31 " .
The Two Demoniacs of Decapolis (8:28-34). Having experienced their amazing deliverance the disciples were no doubt pleased to reach a safe haven. Little did they realise that they were going to se...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 8:28 . Gergesenes. —The readings vary between Gerasenes, Gadarenes, and Gergesenes ( Carr ). Modern research claims to have ascertained the exact locality of the transacti...
Matthew 8:28-34 I. Consider the casting out of the devils. (1) The Gospel narratives are distinctly pledged to the historic truth of these occurrences. Either they are true or the Gospels are fals...
Matthew 8:16 . When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick: It was the evening af...
Matthew 8:2 . Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him. After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, the...
There met Him two possessed with devils. Christ and the demoniac I. The immediate connection of the world of darkness with the evil heart. II. The great power of the inhabitants of darkness...
EXPOSITION Matthew 8:1-40 MESSIAH 'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING . We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs...
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Deuteronomy 14:8 ; Isaiah 65:3 ; Isaiah 65:4 ; Isaiah 66:3 ; Leviticus 11:7 ; Luke 15:15 ; Luke 15:16 ; Luke 8:32 ; Mark 5:11
Discipleship in Training Matthew 8:18-34 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be d...
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.