"So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine." — Matthew 8:31

Matthew 8:31 · KJV

“So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”

— Matthew 8:31

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Matthew 8 — Context

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

Cross References

Revelation 20:1-2

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Mark 5:12

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, {ye} heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Luke 8:30-33

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Mark 5:7

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, {thou} Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.