They come to Jesus (ερχοντα προς τον Ιησουν). Vivid present. To Jesus as the cause of it all, "to meet Jesus" (εις υπαντησιν Ιησου…

Sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind. There could be no doubt of the reality of this miracle. The man had been well known. He had l…

And had the legion.—This special form of the antithesis between the man’s past and present state is given by St. Mark only.

And were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was…

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

The result of the stampede and destruction of the pigs was the flight of the herdsmen to tell everyone in the area what had happened (v.14). This b…

And they come to Jesus We have here a striking proof that not all who perceive the hand of God profit as they ought to do by yielding them…

And they come to Jesus
Who had wrought this miracle, and of which, and whom, the keepers of the swine had given them…

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…