An herd of many swine. The word herd, here applied to swine, is now commonly given to cattle. Formerly it signified any collectio…

A herd of many swine — We are surprised at first to find swine kept in a country where their flesh could not be an article of food…

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, ex…

St. John Chrysostom: Because there were some who thought Christ was only a man, the demons came to proclaim His divinity. This…

The request for the demons to enter into the pigs came probably because of a hatred of God’s creatures, and most certainly because of a desire to s…

And there was a good way off from them
"Nigh to the mountains", as Mark says, or "on the mountain", as Luke, borderi…

The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Savior; they neither have nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh, the depth of this mystery of Divine…

And when he was come on the other side of the water. Because the miracles through which the Lord freed many people from e…