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Another question raised by this metaphor is what link there is between pearls and pigs. One suggestion is that a related metaphor is found in Proverbs 11:22: "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion."
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: "And he said unto them, Go. And when they came out, they went into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters." [2] The New International Version translates the passage as: "He said to them, 'Go!'
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. The New International Version translates the passage as: The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub ...
Byzantine monks venerated a site a few kilometres north of Hippos on the lakeshore as the miracle's location. It is the only place fitting Matthew's description, since it contains the only "steep bank" in the area descending to the shore of the lake.
Mosaic of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, dating to the sixth century AD. The exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39), frequently known as the Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism of Legion, is one of the miracles performed by Jesus according to the New Testament. [1]
The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. Pork is a food taboo among several religions, including Jews, Muslims, and some Christian denominations. Swine were prohibited in ancient Syria [1] and Phoenicia, [2] and the pig and its flesh represented a taboo observed, Strabo noted, at Comana in ...
In this case, the pesky bugs, which are actually called weevils, infest the whole kernels and lay eggs in the wheat grains before it's been milled into flour, Quoc Le tells Delish.
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale called The Swineherd. In Greek mythology, Eumaeus (or Eumaios) was Odysseus' swineherd. In Lloyd Alexander's books The Chronicles of Prydain, based on Welsh mythology, the hero is a pig keeper, or swineherd. So he is in the Disney film adaptation The Black Cauldron.