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Matthew 8:28 | |
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Book | Gospel of Matthew |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 8:28 is the 28th verseinthe 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]
Preceded by Matthew 8:27 |
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 8 |
Succeeded by Matthew 8:29 |
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