Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. New Living Translation There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby. English Standard Version Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, Berean Standard Bible There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. Berean Literal Bible Now there was a great herd of pigs there near the mountain, feeding. King James Bible Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. New King James Version Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains. New American Standard Bible Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding nearby on the mountain. NASB 1995 Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain. NASB 1977 Now there was a big herd of swine feeding there on the mountain. Legacy Standard Bible Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain. Amplified Bible Now there was a large herd of pigs grazing there on the mountain. Christian Standard Bible A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now a large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. American Standard Version Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But there was near the mountain a great herd of swine that were feeding. Contemporary English Version Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. Douay-Rheims Bible And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. English Revised Version Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. GOD'S WORD® Translation A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside nearby. Good News Translation There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. International Standard Version Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby. Literal Standard Version And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of pigs feeding, Majority Standard Bible There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. New American Bible Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside. NET Bible There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding. New Revised Standard Version Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding; New Heart English Bible Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding. Webster's Bible Translation Now there was there nigh to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. Weymouth New Testament Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine. World English Bible Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding. Young's Literal Translation And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, Additional Translations ... Context The Demons and the Pigs…10And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region. 11 There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. 12So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”… Cross References Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. Mark 5:10 And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region. Mark 5:12 So the demons begged Jesus, "Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them." Treasury of Scripture Now there was there near to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. herd. Leviticus 11:7,8 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you… Deuteronomy 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 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; Jump to Previous Feeding Food Getting Great Herd Hillside Large Mountain Mountains Mountainside Nearby Nigh Pigs Side Slope SwineJump to Next Feeding Food Getting Great Herd Hillside Large Mountain Mountains Mountainside Nearby Nigh Pigs Side Slope SwineMark 5 1. Jesus delivering the possessed of the legion of demons,13. they enter into the pigs. 22. He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter. 25. He heals the woman subject to bleeding, 35. and raises Jairus' daughter from death. Verse 11. - Now there was there nigh unto the mountains - literally, on the mountain side (πρὸς τὰ ὅρη) - a great herd of swine feeding. St. Matthew says (Matthew 8:30), "There was a good way off from them:" our Lord's interview with the demoniac was on the seashore. "The herd of swine," two thousand in number (as St. Mark tells us, with his usual attention to details), were at a distance, feeding on the slopes of the mountain; The Jews were not allowed to eat swine's flesh. But Jews were not the only inhabitants of that district. It had been colonized, at least in part, by the Romans immediately after the conquest of Syria, some sixty years before Christ. It was in this district that ten cities are said to have been rebuilt by the Romans, whence the territory acquired the name of "the Decapolis." And though the Jews were forbidden their Law to eat this kind of food, yet they were not forbidden to breed swine for other uses, such as provisioning the Roman army. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thereἐκεῖ (ekei) Adverb Strong's 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither. on the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. nearby πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. hillside ὄρει (orei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3735: A mountain, hill. Probably from an obsolete oro; a mountain: -hill, mount(-ain). a large μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. herd ἀγέλη (agelē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 34: A flock, herd. From ago; a drove. of pigs χοίρων (choirōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 5519: A swine, hog, sow. Of uncertain derivation; a hog. was Ἦν (Ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. feeding. βοσκομένη (boskomenē) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1006: To feed, pasture. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze. Links Mark 5:11 NIVMark 5:11 NLT Mark 5:11 ESV Mark 5:11 NASB Mark 5:11 KJV Mark 5:11 BibleApps.com Mark 5:11 Biblia Paralela Mark 5:11 Chinese Bible Mark 5:11 French Bible Mark 5:11 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Mark 5:11 Now on the mountainside there was (Mar Mk Mr) |