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Matthew 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee previously described in Matthew 4:23–25. It follows on from the Sermon on the Mount , noting in its opening verse that Jesus had come down from the mountain where he had been teaching.
In the parallel verses Mark 5:2 and Luke 8:29, only one of the two demoniacs is mentioned. Some [who?] postulate that this was because one was much more violent than the other, and so Mark and Luke thought it not worth mentioning the milder of the two. It was required under the Mosaic law that tombs be built outside towns.
In traditional Seventh-day Adventist interpretation, as found in Uriah Smith and Ellen G. White, the two witnesses are the Old and New Testaments. [27] [28] [29] They believed that the French Revolution was the time when the two witnesses were killed. [30] [31] Other historicists also consider the two witnesses in this way. [32] [33]
Chrysostom: "Jesus did not say this, as though persuaded by the dæmons, but with many designs therein.One, that He might show the mighty power to hurt of these dæmons, who were in possession of the two men; another, that all might see that they had no power against the swine unless by His sufferance; thirdly, to show that they would have done more grievous hurt to the men, had they not even ...
Matthew 8:12 is the twelfth verse of the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse is part of the conclusion to the miracle story of healing the centurion's servant, the second of a series of miracles in Matthew. This verse warns that many Jews are lacking in faith after praising the Gentile Centurion in the ...
Mark 14:55–59 states that the chief priests sought witnesses to testify against Jesus but did not find any. Matthew characterizes these as false witnesses. Many gave false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. Finally two came forward and accused him of saying "I am able to destroy the temple and raise it again in three days ...
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, [a] among other names, [b] was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997.
Matthew 8:14 is the fourteenth verse of the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse and the following verse constitute a "simple short story" [ 1 ] in which Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-law .