Luke 8:33

The demons came out of the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

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WEBBE

The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

BSB

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

KJV

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.

ASV

And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.

BBE

And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

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ἐξελθόντα exelthonta Having gone out G1831 δὲ de then G1161 τὰ ta the G3588 δαιμόνια daimonia demons G1140 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τοῦ tou the G3588 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou man G444 εἰσῆλθον eisēlthon they entered G1525 εἰς eis into G1519 τοὺς tous the G3588 χοίρους choirous pigs G5519 καὶ kai and G2532 ὥρμησεν hōrmēsen rushed G3729 ἡ hē the G3588 ἀγέλη agelē herd G34 κατὰ kata down G2596 τοῦ tou the G3588 κρημνοῦ krēmnou steep bank G2911 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn the G3588 λίμνην limnēn lake G3041 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀπεπνίγη.¶ apepnigē was drowned G638

The early church

(ubi sup.) But by their being sent down violently into the lake, it is meant that the Church has been purified, and now that the Gentiles are delivered from the dominion of evil spirits, those who refuse to believe in Christ, carry on their unholy rites in hidden places with dark and secret watchings.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But the Lord granted them permission, that this might be among other things to us an occasion of benefit, and the confidence of our safety. It follows, And he suffered them. We must therefore consider that the evil spirits are hostile to those which are subject to them, and this will be evident from their sending down the swine violently into the waters and choking them; as it follows, 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. And this Christ permitted to them which sought it, that it might appear from the event how cruel they are. It was also necessary to show that the Son of God has no less power to foresee than the Father, that equal glory might be manifested in each.
Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(de vita Anton.) But if they have no power over swine, the evil spirits have much less against men who are made after the image of God. We ought then to fear God alone, but despise them.
Athanasius of Alexandria · d. 373Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
They are carried violently down, for they are reclaimed not by the contemplation of any good deed, but thrust as from a higher place to a lower, along the downward path of iniquity, they perish amidst the waves of this world, shut out from the approach of air. For they who are carried to and fro by the rapid tide of pleasure cannot receive the communication of the Spirit; we see then that man himself is the author of his own misery. For unless a man lived like the swine, the devil would never have received power over him, or received it, not to destroy but to prove him. And perhaps the devil, who after the coming of our Lord can no longer steal away the good, seeks not the destruction of all men, but only the wanton, as the robber lies in wait not for armed men, but the unarmed.
Ambrose of Milan · d. 397Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 this history concerning the world of infernal, malignant spirits, which though not working now exactly in the same way as then, yet all must at all times carefully guard against. And these malignant spirits are very numerous. They have enmity to man and all his comforts. Those under Christ's government are sweetly led with the bands of love; those under the devil's government are furiously driven. Oh what a comfort it is to the believer, that all the powers of darkness are under the control of the Lord Jesus! It is a miracle of mercy, if those whom Satan possesses, are not brought to destruction and eternal ruin. Christ will not stay with those who slight him; perhaps he may no more return to them, while others are waiting for him, and glad to receive him.

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