Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 8:36-37

"And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole. And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned." — Luke 8:36-37 (ASV)

They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them;

Surely, this legion of demons must have had the same effect on them as on the poor man when Christ first came to him. These foolish people took up the same cry as the poor demoniac: The whole multitude besought him to depart from them? Christ sometimes hears this kind of prayer. There is many a man who has pleaded that his conscience might not be troubled any more, and it never has been troubled again. But what an awful prayer for any people to pray! The whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them.