And Canaan was the father of the Jebusite people, the Amorite people, the Girgashite people,
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
And Canaan was the father of the Jebusite people, the Amorite people, the Girgashite people,
the Amorite people, the Canaanite people, the Girgashite people, and the Jebusite people.”
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.
The men were amazed. They said, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the water obey him!”
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.
“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.
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.