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  • Luke 8:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 32 Now a large herd of swine+ was feeding there on the mountain, so they pleaded with him to permit them to enter into the swine, and he gave them permission.+

  • Luke 8:32
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 32 ῏Ην Was δὲ but ἐκεῖ there ἀγέλη herd χοίρων of pigs ἱκανῶν sufficient βοσκομένη feeding itself ἐν in τῷ the ὄρει· mountain; καὶ and παρεκάλεσαν they entreated αὐτὸν him ἵνα in order that ἐπιτρέψῃ he should give permission αὐτοῖς to them εἰς into ἐκείνους those (ones) εἰσελθεῖν· to enter; καὶ and ἐπέτρεψεν he gave permission αὐτοῖς. to them.

  • Luke 8:32
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 32 Now a herd of a considerable number of swine+ was feeding there on the mountain; so they entreated him to permit them to enter into those.+ And he gave them permission.

  • Luke 8:32
    The Bible in Living English
    • 32 Now there was there a considerable herd of hogs feeding on the mountainside; and they appealed to him to permit them to enter those; and he gave them permission,

  • Luke 8:32
    American Standard Version
    • 32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

  • Luke 8:32
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 32 Now there was there a herd of a good many swine, feeding in the mountain; and they besought him that he would suffer them into those to enter; and he suffered them.

  • Luke 8:32
    King James Version
    • 32 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.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 8:32 gt chapter 45; w87 5/15 8-9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:32 w53 190

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:32

      The Watchtower,

      5/15/1987, pp. 8-9

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 8:32

      swine: Pigs were unclean according to the Law (Le 11:7), but there was a market for pork among the many non-Jews living in the Decapolis region. Both Greeks and Romans considered pork a delicacy. The account does not state whether “the herders” were Jews who were violating the Law.​—Lu 8:34.

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