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Selected Verse: Matthew 8:31 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Mt 8:31	King James	So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
devils demons. (See Scofield) - (Mat 7:22).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

devils

demons.

(See Scofield) - (Mat 7:22).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
He said, Go - A word of permission only, not command.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

He said, Go - A word of permission only, not command.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Suffer us to go away - Επιτρεψον ημιν απελθειν: this is the common reading; but αποστειλον ημας, send us away, appears more likely to be genuine. This latter reading Griesbach has adopted, on the authority of three ancient MSS., the Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac, all the Arabic, Saxon, most of the Itala, and the Vulgate. Send us away seems to express more fully the absolute power Jesus Christ had over them - permission alone was not sufficient; the very power by which they were to go away, must come from Christ himself! How vain was the boast of Satan, Mat 4:9, when we find he could not possess the body of one of the vilest animals that God has made, without immediate authority from the Most High! Since a demon cannot enter even into a swine without being sent by God himself, how little is the power or malice of any of them to be dreaded by those who have God for their portion and protector!

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Suffer us to go away - Επιτρεψον ημιν απελθειν: this is the common reading; but αποστειλον ημας, send us away, appears more likely to be genuine. This latter reading Griesbach has adopted, on the authority of three ancient MSS., the Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac, all the Arabic, Saxon, most of the Itala, and the Vulgate. Send us away seems to express more fully the absolute power Jesus Christ had over them - permission alone was not sufficient; the very power by which they were to go away, must come from Christ himself! How vain was the boast of Satan, Mat 4:9, when we find he could not possess the body of one of the vilest animals that God has made, without immediate authority from the Most High! Since a demon cannot enter even into a swine without being sent by God himself, how little is the power or malice of any of them to be dreaded by those who have God for their portion and protector!

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