Luke 8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus ,.... Even afar off, at some considerable distance, he ran towards him, Mark 5:6 . He cried out, and fell down before him ; that is, the man possessed with the devil did so, under his impulse, and through his agitation of him: and with a loud voice said ; which was the unclean spirit in the man: what have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God, most high? I beseech thee torment me not ; i.e. before the time; See Gill on Matthew 8:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:29

For he had commanded the unclean spirit ..... That had the rest of the devils under his authority, and power, to come out of the man ; this he had done, either before, or just as he came up to him; See Gill on Mark 5:8 . For oftentimes it had caught him ; possessed him, and wrought so strongly in him, and with so much fury, that there was no governing him: and he was kept bound with chains and fetters ; attempts were made to bind him, and keep him bound, but in vain: and he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:30

And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name ?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this man might be the more known; and partly, that his own power might be the more manifest in the dispossession: and he said, legion, because many devils were entered into him ; See Gill on Mark 5:9 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:31

And they besought him ,.... That is, all the devils, the whole legion of them, entreated Jesus, under whose power, and at whose dispose they were: that he would not command them to go out into the deep ; meaning, not the deep waters of the sea, for thither they ran the swine at their own request; but the bottomless pit of hell, where others of these spirits lay in chains of darkness; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "into hell": they desired, that when they went out of this man,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:32

And there was there an herd of many swine ,.... About two thousand, Mark 5:13 , Feeding on the mountain ; See Gill on Mark 5:11 . And they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them; which they could not do, without his leave: and he suffered them : See Gill on Mark 5:12 , Mark 5:13 read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:33

Then went the devils out of the man ,.... Being obliged by the power of Christ, sore against their wills, having had possession of him a long time: and entered into the swine ; possessed them: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake ; that is of Gennesaret; or the sea, as the Syriac and Persic versions read; that is, the sea of Galilee, the same with the former: and were choked ; in the waters, and died, as the Ethiopic version adds. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:34

When they that fed them saw what was done ,.... That the devils went out of the man possessed by them, and entered into the herd of swine, which becoming mad therewith, ran furiously down the precipice into the sea, and were drowned: they fled ; as persons affrighted, at these uncommon and surprising events, and as afraid to see their owners: and went and told it in the city ; that is, of Gadara, or some other city near at hand; the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in the cities";... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:35

Then they went out to see what was done ,.... That is, the inhabitants of the city, or cities and villages, and houses in the fields; these went out from their respective places of abode, to see with their own eyes, what the swine herds had related to them, concerning the man that had been possessed with devils, and what was become of the swine: and came to Jesus ; where he was, which was not far from the sea shore: and found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:36

They also which saw it ,.... The disciples of Christ, or the men of the ship, or persons who lived hard by in the fields, who were eyewitnesses of these several things: told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed ; See Gill on Mark 5:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:37

Then the whole multitude ,.... For it seems, a very large number of people were presently gathered together, from all parts of the country, upon the report of the swine herds, who fled, it is very likely, some one way, and some another: of the country of the Gadarenes round about ; of the country that was round about Gadara. The Vulgate Latin reads, "of the Gergesenes"; and the Arabic and Ethiopic versions, "of the Gergesenes": and they all, with one accord, besought him to depart... read more

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