Matthew 8:30-34 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:33

And they that kept them fled - Terrified at what had happened to the swine. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:34

The whole city came out - Probably with the intention to destroy Jesus for having destroyed their swine; but, having seen him, they were awed by his presence; and only besought him to depart from their borders. Many rather chose to lose Jesus Christ than those temporal goods by which they gratify their passions at the expense of their souls. They love even their swine better than their salvation. Certain doctors in both sciences, divinity and physic, gravely tell us that these demoniacs... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:31

Verse 31 Matthew 8:31.Permit us to depart into the herd of swine Some conjecture that they wished to attack the swine, because they are filled with enmity to all God’s creatures. I do admit it to be true, that they are entirely bent on confounding and overthrowing the whole order of nature which God has appointed. But it is certain that they had a more remote object in view, to excite the inhabitants of that country to curse God on account of the loss of the swine. When the devil thunders... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:1-34

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 Introduction). St. Matthew has given a lengthy summary of the teaching of the Christ, and he now supplements it by a summary of his daily work. He is not concerned with the chronological connexion of the incidents here narrated, for this is evidently to him a matter of but secondary importance. He... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

The Gadarene demoniacs. Parallel passages: Mark 5:1-20 ; Luke 8:26-39 , where see full notes. Matthew is much less detailed. Matthew mentions two demoniacs; the parallel passages, one; the reason may be either that one was less fierce than the other, or that only one came from Gerasa (Nosgen). But in our present knowledge of the extent of inspiration, we cannot confidently affirm that the evangelists were kept from errors in numbers, and that the addition of the second demoniac is not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

The country of the Gergesenes. I. THE DEMONIACS . 1 . Their description. There were two—one fiercer, more violent, than the other. Satan's power has been broken; the incarnation of the Son of God, the atonement made upon the cross, has weakened his hold upon men. "I beheld Satan like lightning fall from heaven." The times were very evil when the Saviour came. Satan was the prince of this world, the ruler of this world's darkness. His power is still very terrible, but it is not what... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

Demoniacal possession. The personality of devils or demons has been called in question, and the examples of demoniacal possession recorded in Scripture have been construed as cases of insanity. But the narrative before us refuses to be thus treated. Here clearly are intelligences who can know, reason, speak, and pray, and who can exist separately from the subject of possession, and after expulsion from men can enter and possess inferior animals. Note— I. THAT DEVILS ARE FORMIDABLE... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:30-31

And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. So (and, Revised Version) the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out (Matthew only), suffer us to go away ( send us away , Revised Version). This is distinguished from Matthew 8:29 as expressly the utterance of the evil spirits. In the true text there is no thought of permission, but only of command ( ἀπόστειλον ) . They recognize his mastery. Into the herd of swine; and not into the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:32-33

And he said unto them, Go. As they asked; for he was not yet come to send them to their final home. He would not employ his inherent Divine power even against the kingdom of Satan, or forcibly disturb the conditions under which evil existed in the world. Notice further: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:34

And, behold . The third of the stages ( Matthew 8:29 , Matthew 8:32 ) in this incident that were apparent to all. The whole city ; i.e. Khersa , from the parallel passages ( Matthew 8:28 , note); all the city (Revised Version, though a similar phrase is not altered in Matthew 8:32 ); πᾶσα ἡπόλις . Not really less comprehensive, but giving a less vivid representation of one united body than ὅλη ἡπόλις ( Mark 1:33 , and especially Luke 8:39 ); cf. Matthew... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:32-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:34

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