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Luke 8:33

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What does Luke 8:33 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
Luke 8:33 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
30And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
32Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.
33And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
34And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
35And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
36And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then went the devils out of the man, etc.] Being obliged by the power of Christ, sore against their wills, having had possession of him a long time: and entered into the swine; possessed them: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake; that is of Gennesaret; or the sea, as the Syriac and Persic versions read; that is, the sea of Galilee, the same with the former: and were choked; in the waters, and died, as the Ethiopic version adds.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Then: By this was fully evinced the sovereign power of our Lord, and the reality of diabolical agency; "for," says Dr. Doddridge, "it was self-evident that a herd of swine could not be confederates in any fraud; their death, therefore, in this instructive circumstance, was ten thousand times a greater blessing to mankind than if they had been slain for food, as was intended." the herd: Joh 8:44; Pe1 5:8; Rev 9:11 Luke 8:34”
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