Matthew 8:28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
KJV
Καὶ ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πέραν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἐξερχόμενοι, χαλεποὶ λίαν, ὥστε μὴ ἰσχύειν τινὰ παρελθεῖν διὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐκείνης.
Greek NT
Et cum venisset trans fretum in regionem Gerasenorum, occurrerunt ei duo habentes dæmonia, de monumentis exeuntes, sævi nimis, ita ut nemo posset transire per viam illam.
Vulgate
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.
ASV
And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐλθόντι αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
- Γαδαρηνῶν — SBLGNT
- Γαδαρηνῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Γεργεσηνῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Beloved, let us not contend with violent men, but learn when the doing so brings no hurt to our virtue to give place to their evil counsels; for so all their hardihood is checked. As darts when they fall upon a firm, hard, and resisting substance, rebound with great violence on those who throw them, but when the violence of the cast has nothing to oppose it, it soon becomes …
Cross-references
- 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.
- Luke 8:26 — And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
- Luke 8:26 — And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
- Mark 5:1 — And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
- Mark 5:1 — And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
- Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu