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Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

We meet with the relation of this miracle, and somewhat more particularly enlarged, in Mark 5:0 . I refer the Reader therefore to that part of my Commentary for my observations upon it. I only detain the Reader for the moment, to observe, that the place, though mentioned differently, is one and the same. Matthew here calls it the country of the Gergesenes. Mark and Luke call it the country of the Gadarenes. But as it was on the lake of Tiberias, right over against Galilee, it is but one and... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:28

Two that were possessed with devils. St. Mark (chap. v.) and St. Luke (chap. viii.), in the same passage, mentions but one man, who is also said to be possessed with a legion of devils. Those evangelists seem to make mention only of one of them, because he might be much more fierce and famous than the other. (Witham) --- These sepulchres were caverns excavated in the rocks, which served them as places of retreat. (Bible de Vence) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:28-34

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 Christ, when fallen angels have nothing to do with him! Hebrews 2:16. Surely here was torment, to be forced to own the excellence that is in Christ, and yet they had no part in him. The devils desire not to have any thing to do with Christ as a Ruler. See whose language those speak, who will have... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 8:1-99

Matthew 8 AFTER THESE THREE chapters filled with His teachings, Matthew gives us two chapters occupied with His works of power. It was not enough for Him to enunciate the principles of the kingdom, He displayed the power of the kingdom in a variety of striking ways. There are five main illustrations of that power in Matthew 8.0 , and again in Matthew 9.0 . In each case we may say that the miracle the Lord performed in connection with human bodies, or with visible and tangible things, was a... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 8:28

Jesus and the Gadarenes. v. 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 way. On the east side of the Sea of Galilee was the territory of the Gadarenes, the Gerasenes, and the Gergesenes, the southern part of Gaulanitis, so named after the chief cities of the region, one of which, Gergesa, was located on the lake shore. Two demoniacs here... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 8:28-34

IVChrist healing the demoniacs who profess His name; banished from Gadara; He restores the paralytic, and is accused of blasphemy,—or, the blessed working of the Lord despite the contradiction of the kingdom of darkness.Matthew 8:28-34, Matthew 9:1-8( Matthew 9:1-8 the Gospel for the 19th Sunday after Trinity.—Parallels: Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39, Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26.)28And when he was [had] come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes [Gadarenes],25 there met him two... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Matthew 8:28-34

Matthew THE PEACE-BRINGER IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD Mat_8:28-34 . Matthew keeps to chronological order in the first and second miracles of the second triplet, but probably His reason for bringing them together was rather similarity in their contents than proximity in their time. For one cannot but feel that the stilling of the storm, which manifested Jesus as the Peace-bringer in the realm of the Natural, is fitly followed by the casting out of demons, which showed Him as the Lord of still... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 8:28-34

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 men? There is only one devil, but many demons; only one prince of the power of darkness, but many emissaries. Take heed, lest you open the door of your nature to the spirit of evil and he possess you. Watch and pray, and trust the keeping of your soul to the hands of Christ. He is stronger than... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:1-34

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; leprosy, palsy, fever, all fly before Him, and mark the cosmopolitanism of His giving-a leper, a Roman, a woman, all the despised in the Jewish mind. In that wonderful evening, when the crowds gathered, and the King took their infirmities and bore their diseases, what a radiant revelation He... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 8:18-34

Discipleship in Training Matthew 8:18-34 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 dispossessed of demons, and healed of all manner of sicknesses. The Lord did heal them all. We are sure, however, that He saw the real intent of the populace. They sought Him, not because they loved Him, nor because they received Him as the Son of God. They sought Him because of the benefits they would... read more

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