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Matthew 8:30

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

KJV

ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη.

Greek NT

Erat autem non longe ab illis grex multorum porcorum pascens.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βόσκω
bosko
verb · 9×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μακράν
makran
adverb · 9×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
χοῖρος
choiros
noun · 12×
ἀγέλη
agele
noun · 7×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 5:11 — Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.