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Selected Verse: Matthew 8:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 8:31 |
Strong Concordance |
So [1161] the devils [1142] besought [3870] him [846], saying [3004], If [1487] thou cast [1544] us [2248] out [1544], suffer [2010] us [2254] to go away [565] into [1519] the herd [34] of swine [5519]. |
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King James |
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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. |
| 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! |
22 Many [4183] will say [2046] to me [3427] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250], Lord [2962], Lord [2962], have we [4395] not [3756] prophesied [4395] in thy [4674] name [3686]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] have cast out [1544] devils [1140]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] done [4160] many [4183] wonderful works [1411]?
9 And [2532] saith [3004] unto him [846], All [3956] these things [5023] will I give [1325] thee [4671], if [1437] thou wilt fall down [4098] and worship [4352] me [3427].