Rushed down the steep (ωρμησεν κατα του κρημνου). Down from the cliff (ablative case) into the sea. Constative aorist tense. The i…

He said to them, "Go." — People have sometimes asked in scorn why this command was given—why permission was granted for a destruct…

Saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go.

He never wastes words on demons…

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

The question as to why Jesus would grant the demons their desire and let them destroy the herd of pigs, the livelihood of their owners, is part of …

And he said unto them, go ,
&c]. He gave them leave, as God did to Satan, in the case of Job; for without divine per…

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…