Matthew 8:28 - Tree of Life Version

²⁸ When He came to the other side, into the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-plagued men coming from the graveyard met Him. They were so violent that no one could pass by that way.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And when He arrived at the other side in the country of the Gadarenes, two men under the control of demons went to meet Him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce and savage that no one was able to pass that way.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

Common English Bible

²⁸ When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came from among the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that nobody could travel on that road.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And when he had arrived across the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes, he was met by two who had demons, who were so exceedingly savage, as they went out from among the tombs, that no one was able to cross by that way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

Matthew 8:28 Cross References

Genesis 10:16

the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

Genesis 15:21

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

Matthew 4:24

News about Him spread throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all the sick—those tormented by various diseases and afflictions, those plagued by demons, the epileptics, the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Matthew 8:27

The men were amazed, saying, “What kind of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Acts 10:38

You know how God anointed Yeshua of Natzeret with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and power—how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Deuteronomy 7:1

“When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out many nations before you—the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Yael, the highways were deserted, travelers walked by crooked paths.