Matthew 8:28

Easy To Read Version

Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarene {\cf2\super [97]} people. There, two men came to Jesus. They had demons {\cf2\super [98]} inside them. These men lived in the burial caves. They were very dangerous. So people could not use the road by those caves.

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

And Canaan was the father of the Jebusite people, the Amorite people, the Girgashite people,

Genesis 15:21

the Amorite people, the Canaanite people, the Girgashite people, and the Jebusite people.”

Matthew 4:24

The news about Jesus spread all over Syria. And people brought all the sick people to Jesus. These sick people were suffering from different kinds of diseases and pain. Some people were suffering with very bad pain, some people had demons {\cf2\super [55]} inside them, some people were epileptics, {\cf2\super [56]} and some people were paralyzed (crippled). Jesus healed all these people.

Matthew 8:27

The men were amazed. They said, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the water obey him!”

Acts 10:38

You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Christ {\cf2\super [213]} by giving him the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [214]} and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good things for people. Jesus healed the people that were ruled by the devil. This showed that God was with Jesus.

Deuteronomy 7:1

“The Lord your God will lead you into the land that you are entering to take for your own. The Lord will force out many nations for you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations greater and more powerful than you.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, [40] and in the days of Jael, the main roads were empty. Caravans [41] and travelers traveled on the back roads.