{"id":2806,"date":"2014-01-01T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:07:43","slug":"matthew-828-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2806","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 8:28-34"},"content":{"rendered":"

28\u00a0When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes,\u00a0there met Him two demon-possessed\u00a0men,\u00a0coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

29\u00a0And suddenly they cried out, saying, \u201cWhat have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

30\u00a0Now a good way off from them there was a herd of many swine feeding.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

31\u00a0So the demons begged Him, saying, \u201cIf You cast us out, permit us to go away\u00a0into the herd of swine.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

32\u00a0And He said to them, \u201cGo.\u201d So when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the whole herd of swine ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and perished in the water.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

33\u00a0Then those who kept\u00a0them\u00a0fled; and they went away into the city and told everything, including what\u00a0had happened\u00a0to the demon-possessed\u00a0men.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

34\u00a0And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged\u00a0Him\u00a0to depart from their region.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Gergesenes (v.28) \u2014 Gerasa was a large territory in Perea in which was located near Gerash, one of the cities of Decapolis. Matthew states that He came into the region of the Gadarenes. Gadara was a town in Gerasa some six miles southeast of the Sea of Galilee. \u2014 Pentecost, page 221.<\/span><\/h3>\n

demons (v.28) \u2014 fallen angels who followed Satan \u2014 there were two men, but many demons. In Mark 5:9<\/span><\/a>, the demons give their name as Legion, which means many.<\/h3>\n

the time (v.29) \u2014 of judgment (Revelation 20:10)<\/h3>\n

Son of God (v.29) \u2014 The demons recognized Christ (James 2:19) and also knew their ultimate fate.<\/h3>\n

swine (v.30) \u2014 These unclean beasts were not considered fit for food, in accordance with Mosaic Law (Leviticus 11:7). But they were apparently tended by degraded Jews who sought gain by selling them to the Gentiles. Such became the occupation of the prodigal (Luke 15:15). According to the Law, such a calling was absolutely illegal in the land of Israel. \u2014 Ironside, page 99<\/span><\/h3>\n

This account is also recorded, with more details, in Mark 5:1-20<\/span><\/a> and Luke 8:26-39, but those passages only mention the one man who went on to become a follower of Christ.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

28\u00a0When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes,\u00a0there met Him two demon-possessed\u00a0men,\u00a0coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29\u00a0And suddenly they cried out, saying, \u201cWhat have … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matthew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9231,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}