He besought him much that he would not send them.—The words are singularly significant of the state of the demoniac as half-conscious of h…

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. And he besought him much that he would not sen…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Those who were in the boat inquired among themselves, What manner of man is this? and now it…

The demons, speaking through the demoniac, requested not to be sent “out of the area” (see comment on Lk 8:31).

And entreated him earnestly. Luke says they requested not to be sent into the deep. Some explain these words to mean that they wi…

And he besought him much The devil that was at the head of this legion, who had the rest under his command, he, in their name, and …

Some openly willful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are like chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked course…