Matthew 8:30

“And there was a good way off from them, etc.] “Nigh unto the mountains”, as Mark says, or “on the mountain”, as Luke, bordering on the sea shore; so that though it was at some distance, yet within sight. The Vulgate Latin, and the Hebrew edition of Munster read, “not far off”; and the Persic version, “near them”: which agree with the accounts of Mark and Luke, who say, that there were “there”, or hard by, “an herd of many swine feeding”. Since swine’s flesh was forbidden the Jews to eat, (<031107>Leviticus 11:7) it may be asked, how came it to pass, that there should be any number of these creatures, or that such a herd of them should be kept in the land of Israel? To which may be replied,…”

“The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1-20, and Luke 8:26-38. Matthew 8:28 The other side - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias. Country of the Gergesenes - Mark Mark 5:1 says that he came into the country of the “Gadarenes.” This difference is only apparent. “Gadara” was a city not far from the Lake Gennesareth, one of the ten cities that were called “Decapolis.” See the notes at Matthew 4:25. “Gergesa” was a city about 12 miles to the southeast of Gadara, and about 20 miles to the east of the Jordan. There is no contradiction, therefore, in the evangelists. He came into the region in which the two cities were situated, and one evangelist mentioned one, and…”

“There was a herd of many swine - Which it was not lawful for the Jews to keep. Therefore our Lord both justly and mercifully permitted them to be destroyed. Matthew 8:31”

“an: Lev 11:7; Deu 14:8; Isa 65:3, Isa 65:4, Isa 66:3; Mar 5:11; Luk 8:32, Luk 15:15, Luk 15:16 Matthew 8:31”