Read Matthew 8
Key Verse: Matthew 8:34 “And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region.”
The driving out of the demons from the two demon possessed men in the region of the Gadarenes has always received a lot of comment, because it’s so spectacular. You know the story well. Jesus casts the demons into a local herd of pigs who then rush down into the Sea of Galilee and drown. But there are two things which stand out in this account.
First, the response of the demoniacs was, “What do you want with us, Son of God?” You wouldn’t expect Jewish people to be...