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Selected Verse: Mark 5:14 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 5:14 |
King James |
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it--"told everything, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils" (Mat 8:33).
in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done--Thus had they the evidence, both of the herdsmen and of their own senses, to the reality of both miracles. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The swine - Instead of τους χοιρους, BCDL, three others, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Vulgate, and Itala, read αυτους, them - And they that fed Them fled. Griesbach has adopted this reading. |
33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.