Matthew 8:33-34

The sequel. ἔφυγον : the swineherds fled. No wonder, in view of such a disaster. If the demoniacs, in the final paroxysm before return to sanity, had anything to do with bringing it about, the superstitious terror with which they were regarded would add to the panic. ἀπήγγειλαν : they reported what had happened to their masters and to everybody they met in the town. πάντα, what had befallen the swine. καὶ τὰ τ. δαιμονιζομένων : they could not know the whole truth about the demoniacs. The reference must be to some visible connection between the behaviour of the madmen and the destruction of the herd. They told the story from their own point of view, not after interviewing Jesus and His company.