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Mark 5:13

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.

KJV

καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ὡς δισχίλιοι, καὶ ἐπνίγοντο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.

Greek NT

Et concessit eis statim Jesus. Et exeuntes spiritus immundi introierunt in porcos : et magno impetu grex præcipitatus est in mare ad duo millia, et suffocati sunt in mari.

Vulgate

And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.

ASV

And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits going out, entered into the swine: and the herd with great violence was carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, were stifled in the sea.

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δισχίλιοι
dischilioi
adjective · 1×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κρημνός
kremnos
noun · 3×
πνίγω
pnigo
verb · 3×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
χοῖρος
choiros
noun · 12×
ἀγέλη
agele
noun · 7×
ἀκάθαρτος
akathartos
adjective · 31×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπιτρέπω
epitrepo
verb · 18×
o
article · 19778×
ὁρμάω
ormao
verb · 5×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῖς | RP: + εὐθέως ὁ Ἰησοῦς
  • αὐτοῖςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + εὐθέως ὁ ἸησοῦςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὡς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὡς | RP: ἦσαν δὲ ὡς
  • ὡςSBLGNT
  • ὡςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἦσαν δὲ ὡςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

He who from among these angelic powers was set over the earthly realm, and into whose hands God committed the guardianship of the earth, was not made wicked in nature but was good, and made for good ends, and received from his Creator no trace whatever of evil in himself. But he did not sustain the brightness and the honour which the Creator had bestowed on him, and of his free…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:22 — And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, an
  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
  • Job 2:6 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • Luke 1:49 — For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
  • 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
  • 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