Matthew 8:28
ContextNETBible | When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, 1 two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way. |
XREF | Ge 10:16; Ge 15:21; De 7:1; Jud 5:6; Mr 5:1-20; Mr 5:2-5; Lu 8:26-39; Lu 8:27,29; Ac 10:38 |
NET © Notes |
1 tc The textual tradition here is quite complicated. A number of sn The region of the Gadarenes would be in Gentile territory on the southeastern side of the Sea of Galilee across from Galilee. Luke 8:26 and Mark 5:1 record this miracle as occurring “in the region of the Gerasenes.” “Irrespective of how one settles this issue, for the [second and] Third Evangelist the chief concern is that Jesus has crossed over into Gentile territory, ‘opposite Galilee’” (J. B. Green, Luke [NICNT], 337). The region of Gadara extended to the Sea of Galilee and included the town of Sennabris on the southern shore – the town that the herdsmen most likely entered after the drowning of the pigs. |