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Luke 8:32

30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

33 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.

34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
KJV
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.
WEB
Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
ASV
Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.
DARBY
And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.
BLB
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they implored Him that He would allow them to enter into them, and He allowed them.
ÅB
Men det var på stedet en stor svineflokk, som gikk og beitet i fellet, og de ba ham at han ville gi dem lov til å fare inn i dem; og han gav dem lov.
OTB
En stor flokk svin gikk og beitet der på høyden. Demonene ba Jesus om å la dem gå inn i svinene, og han tillot dem det.
B1930
Men det var på stedet en stor svinehjord, som gikk og beitet i fellet, og de bad ham at han vilde gi dem lov til å fare inn i dem; og han gav dem lov.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 66:3

    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

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  • Isaiah 65:4

    sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

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  • Job 2:6

    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

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  • Job 1:12

    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

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  • Mark 5:11–13

    There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

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  • John 19:11

    Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

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  • 1 John 4:4

    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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  • 1 Kings 22:22

    And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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