Matthew 8:28
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 8
“And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.”Matthew 8:28
What Does Matthew 8:28 Mean?
Matthew 8:28 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 8, verse 28 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Matthew 8:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 8:26“And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.”Mark 5:1“And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.”Acts 10:38“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”Matthew 4:24“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”Genesis 10:16“And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,”Genesis 15:21“And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”Leviticus 14:41“And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:”Judges 5:6“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”Isaiah 65:4“Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”Deuteronomy 7:1“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
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