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Luke 8:33

Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

KJV

ἐξελθόντα δὲ τὰ δαιμόνια ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν λίμνην καὶ ἀπεπνίγη.

Greek NT

Exierunt ergo dæmonia ab homine, et intraverunt in porcos : et impetu abiit grex per præceps in stagnum, et suffocatus est.

Vulgate

And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.

ASV

The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were stifled.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δαιμόνιον
daimonion
noun · 63×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κρημνός
kremnos
noun · 3×
λίμνη
limne
noun · 11×
χοῖρος
choiros
noun · 12×
ἀγέλη
agele
noun · 7×
ἀποπνίγω
apopnigo
verb · 2×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ὁρμάω
ormao
verb · 5×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§550The coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's: "If it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."277 Jesus' exorcisms free some individuals from the domination of demons. They anticipate Jesus' great victory over "the ruler of this world".278 The kingdom of God will be definitively established through Christ's cross: "Go…

Cross-references

  • Lev 11:7 — And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
  • Matt 8:32 — And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters