Matthew 8:30-32 New English Translation
30 A[a] large herd of pigs[b] was feeding some distance from them. 31 Then the demons begged him,[c] “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”[d] 32 And he said,[e] “Go!” So[f] they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.[g]
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- Matthew 8:30 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 8:30 sn The commercial raising of pigs indicates that this is not Jewish territory (cf. m. B. Qam. 7:7, “They do not rear pigs anywhere”).
- Matthew 8:31 tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
- Matthew 8:31 sn No explanation is given in the text for the relationship between the demons and the herd of pigs. Some have suggested a link between the uncleanness of demons and the ceremonial uncleanness of pigs within Judaism. Less likely is the suggestion that pigs as sacrificial animals in the non-Jewish world somehow alludes to worship of demons.
- Matthew 8:32 tn Grk “And he said to them.”
- Matthew 8:32 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.
- Matthew 8:32 sn Whatever the relationship between the demons and the pigs, the destructiveness of the demons is certainly emphasized by the drowning of their new hosts.
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