Luke 8:34
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
Luke 8:34 in other translations
| BSB | When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside. |
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| WEB | When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. |
| ASV | And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. |
| YLT | And those feeding them, having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told it to the city, and to the fields; |
| DARBY | But they that fed them, seeing what had happened, fled, and told it to the city and to the country. |
| BBE | And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country. |
| Webster | When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. |
What does Luke 8:34 mean?
Barnes' Notes
(e) "they fled" Ac 19:16,17
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:22-40
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…
Luke 8:34 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:34
- Mark 5:14
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
- Acts 19:16-17
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Matthew 8:33
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- Matthew 28:11
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
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Context
- Luke 8:33
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.
- Luke 8:34
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
- Luke 8:35
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Luke 8:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los pastores, como vieron lo que había acontecido, huyeron, y yendo dieron aviso en la ciudad y por las heredades. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ceux qui le paissaient, voyant ce qui était arrivé, s’enfuirent, et le racontèrent dans la ville et dans les campagnes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als aber die Hüter sahen, was geschehen war, flohen sie und verkündeten es in der Stadt und auf dem Lande. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod ut viderunt factum qui pascebant, fugerunt, et nuntiaverunt in civitatem et in villas. |