Luke 8:34

34 And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;

Luke 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:34

When they that fed them saw what was done
That the devils went out of the man possessed by them, and entered into the herd of swine, which becoming mad therewith, ran furiously down the precipice into the sea, and were drowned:

they fled;
as persons affrighted, at these uncommon and surprising events, and as afraid to see their owners:

and went and told it in the city;
that is, of Gadara, or some other city near at hand; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in the cities"; in all the cities round about, in that country:

and in the country,
or "fields", in the villages adjacent, and in the houses which were scattered about in the fields for conveniency, for rural business.

Luke 8:34 In-Context

32 and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

33 and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

34 And those feeding [them], having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told [it] to the city, and to the fields;

35 and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

36 and those also having seen [it], told them how the demoniac was saved.