οἱ δαίμονες : unusual designation, commonly δαιμόνια. παρεκάλουν : the request was made by the possessed in the name of the demons. ἀπόστειλον : the reading of the T. R. (ἐπίτρεψον ἀπελθεῖν) taken from Luke expresses, in a milder form, Christ's share of responsibility in a transaction of supposed doubtful character. The demoniac would have no scruple on that score. His request was: it you are to cast us out, send us not to hell, but into the swine.

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Old Testament