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Luke 8:34

What does Luke 8:34 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 8:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 8:34 means

Luke 8:34 tells that those who tended the swine fled and reported what had happened in the city and countryside. Their flight indicates fear and urgency: the event was unusual and alarming. Their announcement spreads the news quickly, ensuring the community will confront both the economic loss and the miraculous restoration of the man. The verse shows how dramatic signs circulate and provoke public disturbance—people can’t ignore such an event. It sets the stage for the townspeople’s response, which will reveal priorities and attitudes about Jesus’ presence.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And those feeding <FI>them<Fi> , having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told <FI>it<Fi> to the city, and to the fields;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled away and told it in the city and in the villages.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But they that fed [them], seeing what had happened, fled, and told [it] to the city and to the country.

Context

Following the unexpected swine destruction, this verse narrates the immediate human reaction—fleeing and reporting. It initiates the community’s engagement, which will culminate in them coming out to Jesus and reacting with fear. The spread of the story prepares the next scene where people see the healed man and must decide how to respond.

v.33And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.

v.34This passage

v.35And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 5:14

    And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.

  • Matthew 28:11

    Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.

  • Acts 19:16

    And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

  • Matthew 8:33

    And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons.

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