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| Matthew 8:28 | |
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 "Christ heals two possessed men". Antwerpen: Cornelis Woons, 1649 | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 8:28 is the 28th verse in the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is:
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
The New International Version translates the passage as:
For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 8:28.
In the parallel verses Mark 5:2 and Luke 8:29, only one of the two demoniacs is mentioned. Some [ who? ] postulate that this was because one was much more violent than the other, and so Mark and Luke thought it not worth mentioning the milder of the two.
It was required under the Mosaic law that tombs be built outside towns. John McEvilly believes that the demons compelled the men to dwell in such a place. [1]
Chrysostom: "Because there were who thought Christ to be a man, therefore the dæmons came to proclaim His divinity, that they who had not seen the sea raging and again still, might hear the dæmons crying; And when he was come to the other side in the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two men having dæmons." [2]
Rabanus Maurus: "Gerasa is a town of Arabia beyond Jordan, close to Mount Gilead, which was in the possession of the tribe of Manasseh, not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were precipitated." [2]
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The exorcism of the Gerasene demoniacs, frequently known as the Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism of Legion, is one of the miracles performed by Jesus according to the New Testament. "When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way." Matthew 8:28 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.8.28.NIV "The demons spoke and said “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"" Matthew 8:29 NIV "The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."" Matthew 8:31 NIV "He said to them, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water." Matthew 8:32 NIV
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