Matthew 8:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 They cried out, “What have you to do with us,[a] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?” 30 Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.[b] 31 The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”(A)
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- 8:29 What have you to do with us?: see note on Jn 2:4. Before the appointed time: the notion that evil spirits were allowed by God to afflict human beings until the time of the final judgment is found in Enoch 16:1 and Jubilees 10:7–10.
- 8:30 The tending of pigs, animals considered unclean by Mosaic law (Lv 11:6–7), indicates that the population was Gentile.
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