Matthew 8:30
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And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

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Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.

Deuteronomy 14:8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

Isaiah 65:3,4 A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face, that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks. . . .

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Mark 5:11 And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.

Luke 8:32 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 them. And he suffered them.

Luke 15:15,16 And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. . . .

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
29And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding. 31And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Matthew 8:29
And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Matthew 8:31
And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

Lexicon
In the distance
μακρὰν (makran)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3112: At a distance, far away, remote, alien. Feminine accusative case singular of makros; at a distance.

a large
πολλῶν (pollōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

herd
ἀγέλη (agelē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 34: A flock, herd. From ago; a drove.

of pigs
χοίρων (choirōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5519: A swine, hog, sow. Of uncertain derivation; a hog.

was
Ἦν (Ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

feeding.
βοσκομένη (boskomenē)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1006: To feed, pasture. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze.


Additional Translations
In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Now there was far off from them a herd of many pigs feeding.

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine, feeding.

Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.

Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,
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