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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Mark 5:11 - 5:11
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Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains - rather, βto the mountain,β according to what is clearly the true reading. In Mat 8:30, they are said to have been βa good way off.β But these expressions, far from being inconsistent, only confirm, by their precision, the minute accuracy of the narrative.
a great herd of swine feeding - There can hardly be any doubt that the owners of these were Jews, since to them our Lord had now come to proffer His services. This will explain what follows.