Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 8:31

"And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." — Matthew 8:31 (ASV)

So the devils besought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

What a wonderful creature a man is, as compared with an animal! A legion of devils could be packed away into these two men, but they needed a whole herd of swine to contain them all.

How much greater is a man than a beast; that is to say, how much more capable of spiritual influence for evil as well as for good!