Matthew 8:30 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 8:30

In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

BSB

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ASV

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

KJV

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 sight. The Vulgate Latin, and the Hebrew edition of Munster read, "not far off"; and the Persic version, "near them": which agree with the accounts of Mark and Luke, who say, that there were "there", or hard by, "an herd of many swine feeding".

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A herd of many swine - These were in all probability Jewish property, and kept and used in express violation of the law of God; and therefore their destruction, in the next verse, was no more than a proper manifestation of the justice of God.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The subject of these seven verses is deep and mysterious. The casting out of a devil is here described with special fulness. It is one of those passages which throw strong light on a dark and difficult point. Let us settle it firmly in our minds that there is such a being as the devil. It is an awful truth, and one too much overlooked. There is an unseen spirit ever near us, of mighty power and full of endless malice against our souls. From the beginning of creation he has labored to injure man.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦν	ēn	There was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
μακρὰν	makran	far off	G3112 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
ἀγέλη	agelē	a herd	G34 →
χοίρων	choirōn	of pigs	G5519 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	many	G4183 →
βοσκομένη.	boskomenē	feeding.	G1006 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Leviticus 11:7
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:3
  Whoever 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…
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 65:4
  sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 14:8
  Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 66:17
  “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 7:6
  Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Through
Deuteronomy 14:8
Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud.…
leads to
- Leviticus 11:26–27
  Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
- Luke 15:15–16
  So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- 2 Peter 2:22
  Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

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