Luke 8:34

Luke 8:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran.

Context of Luke 8:34

32A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. 33When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, 35and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 36Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.

Luke 8:34 word by word

Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγονὸς ἔφυγον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whenδέde · thenG1161
• they that fedβόσκωboskō · to feedG1006
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• what was doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• they fledφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• and toldἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• the countryἀγρόςagros · fieldG68

Cross-references for Luke 8:34

• Matthew 8:33Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
• Matthew 28:11While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
• Mark 5:14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
• Acts 19:16Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

Commentaries on Luke 8:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34They fled, and went and told it - , They went, is omitted by almost every MS. of repute, and by the best of the ancient versions. Griesbach leaves it out, and with propriety too, as it is not likely that so correct a writer as Luke would say, They fled, and Went and told it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 22-40 Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-39Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: This is known as an exorcism. This story showed the power Jesus has over spiritual forces. It also contrasted the healed man's faith and commitment to Jesus with the fear and rejection of people in the town.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:34

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings