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O. The Gerasene Demoniac (8:26-39)

O. The Gerasene Demoniac (8:26-39)

On the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee in gentile territory Jesus encountered a formidable demoniac. The numerous demonic forces that possessed him seemed like a whole Roman legion. When Jesus cured him, the demons entered a herd of pigs, who rushed to their destruction. Being unclean animals, the pigs symbolize the world apart from God.