Matthew 8:28

Context

Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs

8:28 When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,¹ two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Matthew 12:40

Context
12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish² for three days and three nights,³ so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

[8:28] ¹tc The textual tradition here is quite complicated. A number of mss (B C [Δ] Θ al sy^s,p,h) read “Gadarenes,” which is the better reading here. Many other mss (א² L W Ë^1,13 Ï [sy^hmg] bo) have “Gergesenes.” Others (892^c latt sy^hmg sa mae) have “Gerasenes,” which is the reading followed in Luke 8:26. The difference between Matthew and Luke may be due to uses of variant regional terms.

[12:40] ²tn Grk “large sea creature.”

[12:40] ³sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.