NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Matthew 8:30
Tertullian On Modesty
he handed himself over to the prince of this age. He set him over "swine," to feed that flock familiar to demons,[111]
Tertullian On Modesty
he handed himself over to the prince of this age. He set him over "swine," to feed that flock familiar to demons,[111]
Verse Matthew 8:30. _A HERD OF MANY SWINE_] These were in all probability Jewish property, and kept and used in express violation of the law of God; and therefore their destruction, in the next verse,...
The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1, and Luke 8:26. Matthew 8:28 THE OTHER SIDE - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias....
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
THE GERASENE DEMONIACS (Mark 5:1 *, Luke 8:26) Mt. is considerably shorter than Mk.; note his summary of Mark 5:3 and omission of Mark 5:8;...
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
And, when he had come to the other side, to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, as they emerged from the tombs. They were very fierce, so that no one was able to pass by t...
The Gadarene Demoniacs. St Mark 5:1-20; St Luke 8:26-39 St Mark and St Luke make mention of one demoniac only. St Mark relates the incident at greater length and with more particularity. St Matthew o...
THE GADARENE DEMONIACS Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39. St Mark and St Luke make mention of one demoniac only. St Mark relates the incident at greater length and with more particularity. St Matthew omits t...
Ver 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...
_MIRACLE OF HEALING THE DEMON-POSSESSED MATTHEW 8:28-34:_ Jesus also healed two very pitiful demon possessed men. These men were exceedingly fierce, living in the tombs. They were so fierce that no on...
ΑΓΈΛΗ (G34) стадо, ΧΟΊΡΩΝ _gen. pl._ от ΧΟΊΡΟΣ (G5519) свинья (gen. используется как родительный приложения или определения, RG, 499). Иудеям было запрещено разводить свиней (М, Baba Ката, 7; SB, 1:4...
AND THERE WAS A GOOD WAY OFF—MANY SWINE, &C.— Instead of _a good way off,_ Dr. Doddridge reads _at a considerable distance,—at some distance_;—and by comparing Mark 5:11 and Luke 8:32 it will be found...
Section 17 JESUS FREES THE GADARENE DEMONIACS (Parallels: Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39) TEXT: 8:28-9:1 28. And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two p...
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....
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS 1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
THE HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS (Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26). There are real difficulties in connexion with this narrative, but that upon which Professor Huxley laid so much stress in his controversy w...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
AN HERD OF MANY SWINE. — We are surprised at first to find swine kept in a country where their flesh could not be an article of food. But though the Jews did not eat pork, Roman soldiers did, and the...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
μακρὰν : the Vulgate renders _non longe_, as if οὐ had stood in the Greek before μακ. But there are no variants here. Mark and Luke have ἐκεῖ, which gives rise to an apparent discrepancy. Only apparen...
_The demoniacs of Gadara_ (Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39). This narrative raises puzzling questions of all sorts, among them a geographical or topological one, as to the scene of the occurrence. The varia...
_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR Matthew 8:28-34 The demon spirit seems still to tenant the lives of human beings. To what else can we attribute the paroxysms of passion, the awful cruelties and inhumanities of...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
And there was (f) a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (f) On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen, lived after the o...
_And not far from them. [1] In all Greek copies at present we read, There was afar off. Beza himself here owns, that the Latin Vulgate is to be preferred before all Greek copies and manuscripts. (With...
THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com
We meet with the relation of this miracle, and somewhat more particularly enlarged, in Mark 5:1. I refer the Reader therefore to that part of my Commentary for my observations upon it. I only detain t...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
AND THERE WAS A GOOD WAY OFF FROM THEM,.... "Nigh unto the mountains", as Mark says, or "on the mountain", as Luke, bordering on the sea shore; so that though it was at some distance, yet within sight...
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. Ver. 30. _A herd of many swine feeding_] _Suillo pecori anima pro sale data, _ saith Varro. Swinish epicures also have their soul...
_And there was a good way off from them_ That is, at a considerable distance, although, it seems, within their view; _a herd of many swine_ Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keeps much less to e...
Legion of devils. Matthew 8:28-34; MATTHEW 26:53....
AND THERE WAS A GOOD WAY OFF FROM THEM AN HERD OF MANY SWINE FEEDING....
The expulsion of the evil spirits:...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
28-34 The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Saviour; they neither have, nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh the depth of this mystery of Divine love; that fallen man has so much to do with...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 8:31"....
Matthew 8:30 Now G1161 off G3112 from G575 them G846 was G2258 (G5713) herd G34 many G4183 swine...
‘Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.' Had this been Jewish territory there would have been no herd of pigs, for to Jews pigs were ritually unclean. But this was Gentile terr...
THE TWO DEMONIACS OF DECAPOLIS (8:28-34). Having experienced their amazing deliverance the disciples were no doubt pleased to reach a safe haven. Little did they realise that they were going to see ev...
Matthew 8:30. A GOOD WAY OFF. Mark says: ‘Nigh unto the mountains'; Luke: there on the mountain.' The miracle probably took place on the plain. A HERD OF MANY SWINE, according to Mark, ‘two thousand...
CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 8:28 I. Consider the casting out of the devils. (1) The Gospel narratives are distinctly pledged to the historic truth of these occurrences. Either they are true or the Gospels are false. (2)...
Matthew's Gospel is the Gospel of the Kingdom, and of the King. Here you see the King amid the storms of nature. Matthew 8:23. _And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, b...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
A LARGE HERD OF PIGS. Mark says 2,000. They were being kept in violation of the Religious Law, since pigs were "unclean." Mark records the one demoniac as saying his name is "Mob" because there are so...
_There met Him two possessed with devils._ CHRIST AND THE DEMONIAC I. The immediate connection of the world of darkness with the evil heart. II. The great power of the inhabitants of darkness over...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:30 The HERD OF PIGS (about 2,000; Mark 5:13) would have been raised for food in this Gentile region on the east shore of the Sea of Galilee.
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS SENDS THE DEMONS INTO A HERD OF PIGS MATTHEW 8:28-34; MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39; MATTHEW 8:28 And when he was come to the other side
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 8:28. GERGESENES.—The readings vary between Gerasenes, Gadarenes, and Gergesenes (_Carr_). Modern research claims to have ascertained the exact locality of the transaction. Th...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
Deuteronomy 14:8; Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:3; Leviticus 11:7
DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Matthew 8:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossess...
There was a herd of many swine — Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keep. Therefore our Lord both justly and mercifully permitted them to be destroyed....
(CF. MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39)— Where were the demoniacs healed? PROBLEM: The first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) each give an account of Jesus healing demoniacs. Matthew states that the pl...
Observe here, 1. notable evidence of Satan's limited power, that. whole legion of devils had not power to destroy one man, nor were able to hurt the meanest creatures without permission. Observe, 2....