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John Gill's Exposition on Luke 8:33

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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