Matthew 8:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁰ Now a large herd of [wild] hogs [i.e., about 2000 of them. See Mark 5:13] was grazing some distance away from them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ Now at some distance from there a drove of many hogs was grazing.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

Common English Bible

³⁰ Far off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ Now there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

Matthew 8:30 Cross References

Mark 5:11

On the side of a [nearby] mountain, a large herd of [wild (?)] hogs was grazing.

Luke 8:32

Now a herd of many [wild (?)] hogs was grazing on a [nearby] mountain, so the evil spirits begged Jesus to give them permission to enter [the bodies of] the hogs. So, He gave them permission [to do it].

Matthew 7:6

“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.

Matthew 8:29

Suddenly they shouted out, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before it is time to?” [i.e., before our punishment is due. See II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6].

Matthew 8:31

So, the evil spirits [in one of the men. See Mark 5:1ff] begged Jesus, saying, “If you are going to drive us out [of this man], send us away into that herd of [wild (?)] hogs.”