Mark 5:13

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And He gave them permission to do it. So, the evil spirits went out of the man’s body and entered the bodies of the hogs. The herd then rushed down the cliff into the lake. There were about two thousand that drowned in the lake.

Cross References

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 8:32

Jesus replied to them, “Go [ahead].” And they came out [of the man] and entered the hogs, and suddenly the entire herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned in the water [below].

Mark 5:12

The evil spirits begged Him, saying; “Send us into those hogs, so we can enter their bodies.”

Mark 5:14

Those who had been feeding them ran and told what all occurred in the town and around the countryside and [so] people came to find out what had happened.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you are [always] wanting to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the [very] beginning [Note: This is probably a reference to Satan’s influence on Adam, Eve and Cain in the Garden of Eden] and does not stand for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he only speaks what is part of his nature, because he is a liar and the father of [all] liars.

1 Peter 3:22

He has [now] gone to heaven, and is [seated] at the right side of God, where the angels and [other] authorities and powers have been subjected to Him.

Revelation 20:7

And when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,

Revelation 9:11

They had a king over them who was the angel of the deep pit [See verses 1-2]. His name in Hebrew was “Abaddon,” and in Greek it was “Apollyon” [Note: These words both mean “Destroyer”].