11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
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And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-20)We have here an instance of Christ’s dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he . This he did when he was come to the other side , whither he went through a storm; his business there was to rescue this poor creature out of the hands of Satan, and when he had done that, he returned. Thus he came from heaven to earth, and re…
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