Mark 5:11
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- KJV
- Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- WEB
- Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
- ASV
- Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.
- DARBY
- Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;
- BLB
- Now there was near the mountain a great herd of pigs feeding.
- ÅB
- Men det gikk en stor svineflokk og beitet der ved fjellet,
- OTB
- En stor flokk med griser beitet på den nærliggende høyden.
- B1930
- Men det gikk en stor svinehjord og beitet der ved fjellet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 66:3
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:7–8
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:8
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.
Read in contextMatthew 8:30
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Read in contextLuke 8:32
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:4
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
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