And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
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Gill's Exposition
And they that kept them fled,.... The hog herds, men of very low life, and whose employment was very infamous and reproachful, as has been observed. These, amazed at what they had seen, distressed…
The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1-20, and Luk 8:26-38. Mat 8:28 The other side - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias. Country of the Gergesenes - Mark Mar 5:1 says…
We have here the story of Christ's casting the devils out of two men that were possessed. The scope of this chapter is to show the divine power of Christ, by the instances of his dominion over bodily…
Cambridge Bible
a steep place Translate, the steep place. The slope of Gergesa, familiar to Matthew and to the readers of his Gospel.
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