Lk. is very careful to involve the whole population in the request that Jesus would leave the country the whole multitude of the district of Gerasa, town and country, citizens and farmers. And he gives as the reason, ὅτι φόβῳ μεγάλῳ συνείχοντο, they were possessed with a great fear, panic-stricken.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising

Old Testament