“City Council”

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Why did the people from the city ask Him to leave after Jesus cast the demons out of the two men and into the herd of pigs?

Sincerely,
Hospitable

Dear Hospitable,

The story you are referring to can be found in Matt 8:28-34, Mk 5:1-17, and Lk 8:26-37.  This was one of the few trips that Jesus made into Gentile territory.  That is why there was a herd of pigs there when He cast out the demon.  Jews would never have accepted pigs because they were unclean, but on the Gentile side of the Sea of Galilee, such things were normal (Lk 8:26).  The account in Luke says why they asked Jesus to leave.  They begged Him to leave because they were afraid of Him and the power He had (Lk 8:35-37).  After Jesus cast out the legion of demons, and those demons destroyed an entire herd of pigs, the people were terrified of Him.

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