KJV King James Version
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 8:33
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
WEB World English Bible
The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
ASV American Standard Version
And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.
Surrounding context — Luke 8
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34 When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They also which saw [it] told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐξελθόνταG1831 · exerchomaito go outδὲG1161 · dethenτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoδαιμόνιαG1140 · daimoniondemonἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa humanεἰσῆλθονG1525 · eiserchomaito enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoχοίρους,G5519 · choirospigκαὶG2532 · kaiandὥρμησενG3729 · hormaōto stampedeἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγέληG34 · agelēherdκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκρημνοῦG2911 · krēmnoscliffεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoλίμνηνG3041 · limnēlakeκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀπεπνίγη.¶G638 · apopnigōto choke
Cross-references
1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Luke 8:22-23Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Revelation 9:11And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
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