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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 8:1-34

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, thereby to confirm the audience in the things he had delivered. Respecting the case of the leper, see on Leviticus 13:0. Mark 1:41. Luke 17:0. Matthew 8:5 . There came to him a centurion. See on Luke 7:0. Matthew 8:6 . Lord, my servant lieth at home sick. This religious and humane centurion is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 8:28-33

Matthew 8:28-33There met Him two possessed with devils. Christ and the demoniacI. The immediate connection of the world of darkness with the evil heart.II. The great power of the inhabitants of darkness over the evil heart.III. The utter impotency of man to deliver the possessed from the power of the inhabitants of darkness.IV. The weakness of the powers or darkness in conflict with Christ. Remarks:1. Beware of tampering with evil.2. The wish of evil will ever be self-destructive.3. If Jesus... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 8:28

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. Ver. 28. Coming out of the tombs ] There the devil kept them, the more to terrify them with the fear of death all their lives long, Hebrews 2:15 . Appius Claudius (as Capella witnesseth) could not abide to hear the Greek Ζητα pronounced, because it represented the gnashing of the teeth of dying... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 8:28

when: Mark 5:1-Proverbs :, Luke 8:26-Malachi :, Acts 10:38 Gergesenes: Some are of opinion that Gergasa was the country of the ancient Girgashites; but it is more probable the Gergesenes was introduced by Origen upon mere conjecture; as before him most copies seem to have read Gadarenes, agreeable to the Parallel Passages and the ancient Syriac version. Gadara, says Josephus, was the metropolis of Peraea, or the region beyond Jordan; and he also observes that it was sixty furlongs, or about... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 8:28

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.The country of the Gergesenes — Or of the Gadarenes - Gergesa and Gadara were towns near each other. Hence the country between them took its name, sometimes from the one, sometimes from the other.There met him two demoniacs — St. Mark and St. Luke mention only one, who was probably the fiercer of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

§ 42. FIFTH MIRACLE DISPOSSESSING TWO DEMONIACS, Matthew 8:28-34 . Matthew pursues our Lord’s course across the lake, in order to narrate a miracle which displays our Lord’s authority over the powers of hell, as this shows his command over the elements of the earth. This miracle is more fully narrated by Mark, to whose account, and our notes thereon, the reader is referred. It may be proper here to note, however, that between the two accounts there is a difference in regard to the number of... read more