The response of the people of Gadarenes has always troubled me. Why did they ask Jesus to leave when he displayed God’s power by casting out the demons? Surely the people knew the men who were possessed. Some of them must have been neighbors. Were they concerned that the demons would return? Did they question that the men were no longer controlled? Or was Jesus’ power so great that they feared to have him in their presence? I wonder if the men had become local legends and Jesus’ freedom for them destroyed some local misconception about the spiritual realm? Maybe they were more concerned about the loss of pigs then the restoration of people?
It took me about 14 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
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