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Matthew 8:28 KJV
Matthew · chapter 8 · verse 28
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 way.Matthew 8:28 · King James Version
Matthew 8:28 in context
26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
28And 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 way.
29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
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Key words (Strong's)
- GergesenesgerasēnosGergesenes = " a stranger drawing near" ?, also called Gadarenes, is assumed to…G1086 →
- exceedingliangreatly, exceedingly, exceedingly beyond measureG3029 →
- countrychōrathe space lying between two places or limits, a region or countryG5561 →
- devilsdaimonizomaito be under the power of a demonG1139 →
- comingexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- tombsmnēmeionany visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing, a…G3419 →
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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 diseases, which to us are irresistible; over winds and waves, which to us are yet more uncontrollable;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-34