Rushed down the steep (ωρμησεν κατα του κρημνου). Ablative with κατα as in Mr 5:13; Matthew 8:32 and the same vivid ver…

Down a steep place.—Better, down the cliff.

Our proverb says, "They run hard whom the devil drives;" and once he begins to drive men or swine, there is no end to their running until they are …

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Savior, as He sailed with His disciples, came to a port, as it is written, And they arrived a…

When the demons entered the swine, they were carried into the lake. In ancient thought, the water of the sea or a large lake was one form of the Ab…

Then went the devils out of the man
Being obliged by the power of Christ, sore against their wills, having had posse…

Those who put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls…