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George Lamsa Translation

Luke 8:34

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the cities and in the villages.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Gadarene;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Field;   Foresight;   Grecians, Greeks;   Luke;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Redemption (2);   Sheep, Shepherd;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gadarenes;   Miracles;   28 To Feed, Shepherd;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
King James Version (1611)
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went, and tolde it in the citie, and in the countrey.
King James Version
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
English Standard Version
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
New American Standard Bible
Now when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported everything in the city, and in the country.
New Century Version
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and told about this in the town and the countryside.
Amplified Bible
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and told it in the city and out in the country.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and out in the country.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.
Berean Standard Bible
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
Contemporary English Version
When the men taking care of the pigs saw this, they ran to spread the news in the town and on the farms.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the town and in the country;
Darby Translation
But they that fed [them], seeing what had happened, fled, and told [it] to the city and to the country.
Easy-to-Read Version
The men who were caring for the pigs ran away and told the story in the fields and in the town.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When the heardmen sawe what was done, they fled: and when they were departed, they tolde it in the citie and in the countrey.
Good News Translation
The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the farms.
Lexham English Bible
And when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
Literal Translation
And seeing the thing, those feeding the pigs fled. And leaving, they reported to the city and to the farms.
American Standard Version
And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
Bible in Basic English
And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.
Hebrew Names Version
When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
International Standard Version
Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.
Etheridge Translation
And when the herdmen saw the thing that was done, they fled, and made known in the city and in the villages.
Murdock Translation
And when the herdmen saw what had occurred, they fled, and told [fn] in the cities and the villages.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the heardmen sawe what was done, they fled: and when they were departed, they tolde it in the citie, & in the villages.
English Revised Version
And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
World English Bible
When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they that fed them, seeing what was done, fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
Weymouth's New Testament
The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the hirdis sayn this thing don, thei flowen, and tolden in to the cite, and in to the townes.
Update Bible Version
And when those that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
Webster's Bible Translation
When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
New English Translation
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.
New King James Version
When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
New Living Translation
When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran.
New Life Bible
The men who cared for the pigs ran fast and told what had happened in the town and in the country.
New Revised Standard
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they who had been feeding them, seeing what had happened, fled, and carried tidings into the city, and into the country-places.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled away and told it in the city and in the villages.
Revised Standard Version
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When the herdmen sawe what had chaunsed they fleed and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.
Young's Literal Translation
And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But wha ye herdmen sawe what had chaunsed, they fled, and tolde it in the cite and in the vyllagies.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the keepers seeing this, ran about and spread it, both in town,
THE MESSAGE
Those tending the pigs, scared to death, bolted and told their story in town and country. People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had been sent, sitting there at Jesus' feet, wearing decent clothes and making sense. It was a holy moment, and for a short time they were more reverent than curious. Then those who had seen it happen told how the demoniac had been saved.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Now the people who had been taking care of that herd of pigs ran off to tell everyone what had happened.

Contextual Overview

22 It came to pass on one of the days, Jesus went up and sat in a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us cross to the other side of the lake. 23 And while they were rowing Jesus fell asleep; and there rose a storm of wind on the lake; and the boat was near sinking. 24 And they came up and awoke him and said to him, Our teacher, our teacher, we are perishing. He got up and rebuked the winds and the waves of water, and they quieted down, and there was a calm. 25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? But as they were frightened, they wondered, saying one to another, O who is this man, who even commands the winds, and the waves and the sea obey him? 26 And they rowed and came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on the coast opposite Galilee. 27 And when he landed, he was met by a man from the city, who had the demon in him for a long time, and he did not wear clothes, and did not live in a house, but in the cemetery. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell before him, and said in a loud voice, What have we in common, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torment me. 29 For Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For it was a long time since he was possessed, and bound with chains, and kept in fetters; but he would often break off his bonds and was driven into the desert by the demon. 30 Jesus asked him, What is your name? He said, Legion, because many demons had entered into him. 31 And they besought him not to command them to go down into the abyss.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they fled: Matthew 8:33, Matthew 28:11, Mark 5:14, Acts 19:16, Acts 19:17

Reciprocal: John 17:9 - pray for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When they that fed them saw what was done,.... That the devils went out of the man possessed by them, and entered into the herd of swine, which becoming mad therewith, ran furiously down the precipice into the sea, and were drowned:

they fled; as persons affrighted, at these uncommon and surprising events, and as afraid to see their owners:

and went and told it in the city; that is, of Gadara, or some other city near at hand; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in the cities"; in all the cities round about, in that country:

and in the country, or "fields", in the villages adjacent, and in the houses which were scattered about in the fields for conveniency, for rural business.

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 34. They fled, and went and told it — απελθοντες, They went, is omitted by almost every MS. of repute, and by the best of the ancient versions. Griesbach leaves it out, and with propriety too, as it is not likely that so correct a writer as Luke would say, They fled, and WENT and told it.


 
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