Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

General references

Bible References

Gave

1 Kings 22:22
“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’
Job 1:12
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
Job 2:6
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”
Matthew 8:32
“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.
1 Peter 3:22
Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Revelation 13:5
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. He was also given authority to act for 42 months.
Revelation 20:7
When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

The herd

John 8:44
You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.
Revelation 9:11
They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

General references

Mark 5:10
And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.
Acts 19:15
The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”

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