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Luke 8:33

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. The herd of pigs ran down the hill into the lake, and all were drowned.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Swine;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Swine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Gadarene;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Exorcism;   Gerasenes, Gergesenes;   Grecians, Greeks;   Luke;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Possession;   Redemption (2);   Sea of Galilee;   Violence;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gadarenes;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Swine;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Choke;   Lake;   Swine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
King James Version (1611)
Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the herd ran violently downe a steepe place into the lake, and were choked.
King James Version
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
English Standard Version
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
New American Standard Bible
And the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
New Century Version
When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd ran down the hill into the lake and was drowned.
Amplified Bible
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when the demons came out of the man, they entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Contemporary English Version
Then the demons left the man and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Complete Jewish Bible
The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, whereupon the herd rushed down the hillside into the lake and were drowned.
Darby Translation
And the demons, going out from the man, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake, and were choked.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the hearde was caried with violence from a steepe downe place into the lake, and was choked.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the demons went out of the man, and they attacked the swine; and that whole herd went straight to the cliff, and fell down into the lake and were drowned.
Good News Translation
They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
Lexham English Bible
So the demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.
Literal Translation
And coming out from the man, the demons entered into the pigs; and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and was choked.
American Standard Version
And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
Bible in Basic English
And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.
Hebrew Names Version
The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
International Standard Version
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
Etheridge Translation
And the demons went forth from the man, and entered into the swine; and the whole herd went directly to the precipice, and plunged into the waters, and were suffocated.
Murdock Translation
And the demons went out of the man, and entered the swine; and the whole herd ran to a precipice, and plunged into the sea, and were strangled.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then went the deuyls out of the man, and entred into the swyne: And the heard ran headlong with violence into the lake, and were choked.
English Revised Version
And the devils came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were choked.
World English Bible
The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down a steep place into the lake and were choked.
Weymouth's New Testament
The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so the deuelis wenten out fro the man, and entriden in to the swyne; and with a birre the flok wente heedlyng in to the pool, and was drenchid.
Update Bible Version
And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the demons went out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
New English Translation
So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
New King James Version
Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned.
New Living Translation
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned.
New Life Bible
The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. Then the many pigs ran down the side of the mountain into the water and died.
New Revised Standard
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the demons, going forth from the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the cliff, into the lake, and were choked.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were stifled.
Revised Standard Version
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then went the devyls out of the man and entred into the swyne: And the heerd toke their course and ran heedlynge into the lake and were choked.
Young's Literal Translation
and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then departed ye deuels out of the ma, and entred into the swyne. And the heerd russhed headlynges with a storme in to the lake, and were drowned.
Mace New Testament (1729)
accordingly the demons quitted the man, and enter'd into the swine: immediately the herd ran headlong down a precipice into the lake, and were drowned.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The evil spirits rushed in and filled the pigs. Then the herd of two thousand pigs rushed off the bank into the lake and drowned.

Contextual Overview

22 One day Jesus and his followers got into a boat. He said to them, "Come with me across the lake." And so they started across. 23 While they were sailing, Jesus slept. A big storm blew across the lake, and the boat began to fill with water. They were in danger. 24 The followers went to Jesus and woke him. They said, "Master! Master! We will drown!" Jesus got up. He gave a command to the wind and the waves. The wind stopped, and the lake became calm. 25 He said to his followers, "Where is your faith?" They were afraid and amazed. They said to each other, "What kind of man is this? He commands the wind and the water, and they obey him." 26 Jesus and his followers sailed on across the lake. They sailed to the area where the Gerasene people live, across from Galilee. 27 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man from that town came to him. This man had demons inside him. For a long time he had worn no clothes. He did not live in a house but in the caves where the dead are buried. 28The demon inside the man had often seized him, and he had been put in jail with his hands and feet in chains. But he would always break the chains. The demon inside him would force him to go out to the places where no one lived. Jesus commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. When the man saw Jesus, he fell down before him, shouting loudly, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, don't punish me!" 30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" The man answered, "Legion." (He said his name was "Legion" because many demons had gone into him.) 31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit. 32 On that hill there was a big herd of pigs eating. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So he allowed them to do this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Then: By this was fully evinced the sovereign power of our Lord, and the reality of diabolical agency; "for," says Dr. Doddridge, "it was self-evident that a herd of swine could not be confederates in any fraud; their death, therefore, in this instructive circumstance, was ten thousand times a greater blessing to mankind than if they had been slain for food, as was intended."

the herd: John 8:44, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 9:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:7 - swine Job 1:12 - So Satan Job 38:11 - but Matthew 8:32 - the whole John 13:27 - Satan

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then went the devils out of the man,.... Being obliged by the power of Christ, sore against their wills, having had possession of him a long time:

and entered into the swine; possessed them:

and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake; that is of Gennesaret; or the sea, as the Syriac and Persic versions read; that is, the sea of Galilee, the same with the former:

and were choked; in the waters, and died, as the Ethiopic version adds.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine — Some critics and commentators would have us to understand all this of the man himself, who, they say, was a most outrageous maniac; and that, being permitted by our Lord, he ran after the swine, and drove them all down a precipice into the sea! This is solemn trifling indeed; or, at least, trifling with solemn things. It is impossible to read over the account, as given here by Luke, and admit this mode of explanation. The devils went out of the man, and entered into the swine; i.e. the madman ran after the swine! On this plan of interpretation there is nothing certain in the word of God; and every man may give it what meaning he pleases. Such comments are intolerable.


 
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