Lunatics and the Swine

“So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.” (Matthew 8:31)

Jesus and his disciples crossed from Galilee in Palestine to Gadara in Syria, which was on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.  At the landing place they were met by two lunatics who came out of the cemetery.  In the east, insane asylums are unknown.  Crazy men roam about and live in cemeteries which are located at a short distance from the town...

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Author: George M. Lamsa

Keywords: Gadarenes, Lunatics, Demons, Swine, Evil spirit, Mental illness, Demonology, Wicked spirits

Bible reference(s): Acts 19:15-16, Acts 8:7, John 10:20, John 10:21, John 7:20, John 8:48, John 8:49, John 8:52, Luke 10:17, Luke 11:14, Luke 11:15, Luke 11:18, Luke 11:19, Luke 11:20, Luke 11:24, Luke 13:11, Luke 13:32, Luke 4:33, Luke 4:35, Luke 4:41, Luke 7:33, Luke 8:2, Luke 8:27, Luke 8:29, Luke 8:30, Luke 8:33, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:36, Luke 8:38, Luke 9:1, Luke 9:42, Luke 9:49, Mark 1:23, Mark 1:26, Mark 1:32, Mark 1:34, Mark 1:39, Mark 16:17, Mark 16:9, Mark 3:15, Mark 3:22, Mark 3:30, Mark 5:18, Mark 5:2, Mark 5:8, Mark 6:13, Mark 7:25, Mark 7:26, Mark 7:29, Mark 7:30, Mark 9:25, Mark 9:38, Matthew 10:8, Matthew 11:18, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 12:27-28, Matthew 12:43, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 17:18, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 8:16, Matthew 8:31, Matthew 9:33, Matthew 9:34

Source: Gospel Light (San Francisco: Harper & Row), pp. 64-66.

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