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John Gill
And there was there an herd of many swine,.... About two thousand, Mr 5:13, Feeding on the mountain; [See comments on Mr 5:11] And they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them; which they could not do, without his leave: and he suffered them: [See comments on Mr 5:12] [See comments on Mr 5:13]
Matthew Henry
Most of this chapter is a repetition of divers passages of Christ's preaching and miracles which we had before in Matthew and Mark; they are all of such weight, that they are worth repeating, and therefore they are repeated, that out of the mouth not only of two, but of three, witnesses every word may be established. Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching, and how he had subsistence...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. Our proverb says, “They run hard whom the devil drives;” and when once he begins to drive men or...