31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. …
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. …
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-34)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; and lastly, over devils, which to us are most formidable of all. Christ has not only all power in…
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