And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine, feeding.
Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
A herd of many swine - These were in all probability Jewish property, and kept and used in express violation of the law of God; and therefore their destruction, in the next verse, was no more than a proper manifestation of the justice of God.
A herd of many swine - The word "herd," here applied to swine, is now commonly given to "cattle." Formerly, it signified any collection of beasts, or even of people.
The number that composed this "herd" was 2,000, Mark 5:13.
8:30 There was a herd of many swine - Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keep. Therefore our Lord both justly and mercifully permitted them to be destroyed.