They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
Those who watched told others how the man who had been possessed by demons was healed. He had lived violently among the tombs by Gadara, but Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to leave and he was suddenly restored to reason and calm, clothed and sitting with Jesus and praising God for his freedom. His cleared mind and gentle face stood as visible evidence of Christ's power and mercy. Even with that evidence before them, the Gadarenes valued the loss of the swine above the healing and urged Jesus to leave for fear of further loss. Jesus told the restored men to go home and tell what the Lord had done for them, and their personal testimony together with the eyewitness report marveled the people, carried the news through Decapolis and the surrounding region, and helped convince many that He is the Son of God with power to save from Satan's bondage.
Setting and Healing
The healing took place in the territory of Gadara, where the men had lived in caves and tombs beside the road and their violence had made the way nearly impassable, and Jesus' arrival brought them deliverance. The report belongs to the account of the healing at Gadara before Jesus returned and went on to Jairus's home. The men were healed when Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to leave and the evil spirits were forced to release them.
Their deliverance was a sudden, visible change from torment to restored life: their minds cleared and they were restored to reason and calm. Their faces became mild and their hands grew calm. They were clothed, sitting with Jesus, and praising God for their freedom.
Witnesses Proclaiming Deliverance
Those who saw what happened told others by what means the one who had been possessed by demons was healed, explaining how he had been freed and delivered when the unclean spirits were commanded to leave. Their report described men restored to reason and calm, clothed and in their right minds, sitting with Jesus and praising God for their freedom. Their restored reason stood before all as visible evidence of Christ's power and mercy.
Even with that evidence before them, the Gadarenes rejected Jesus, for they valued the loss of the swine more than the healing of the men and feared further financial loss, and they urged Him to leave. Yet the eyewitness account made the people marvel and directed attention to Christ. It helped carry the news of His work through the surrounding region and opened that region to the gospel, and together with the testimony of the healed men it made His power known and helped convince people that He was the Son of God.
Jesus told the restored men to go home and tell what the Lord had done for them, and the men whom He had delivered remained to declare the mercy of their Benefactor. Those once under the power of darkness thus became witnesses to Christ's saving power. They told their households and neighbors and went throughout Decapolis, even among people who had rejected Jesus, declaring from what they had personally seen and heard and experienced how He had freed them from the demons and His power to save people from Satan's bondage.
Those who watched told others how the man who had been possessed by demons was healed. He had lived violently among the tombs by Gadara, but Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to leave and he was suddenly restored to reason and calm, clothed and sitting with Jesus and praising God for his freedom. His cleared mind and gentle face stood as visible evidence of Christ's power and mercy. Even with that evidence before them, the Gadarenes valued the loss of the swine above the healing and urged Jesus to leave for fear of further loss. Jesus told the restored men to go home and tell what the Lord had done for them, and their personal testimony together with the eyewitness report marveled the people, carried the news through Decapolis and the surrounding region, and helped convince many that He is the Son of God with power to save from Satan's bondage.
Setting and Healing
The healing took place in the territory of Gadara, where the men had lived in caves and tombs beside the road and their violence had made the way nearly impassable, and Jesus' arrival brought them deliverance. The report belongs to the account of the healing at Gadara before Jesus returned and went on to Jairus's home. The men were healed when Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to leave and the evil spirits were forced to release them.
Their deliverance was a sudden, visible change from torment to restored life: their minds cleared and they were restored to reason and calm. Their faces became mild and their hands grew calm. They were clothed, sitting with Jesus, and praising God for their freedom.
Witnesses Proclaiming Deliverance
Those who saw what happened told others by what means the one who had been possessed by demons was healed, explaining how he had been freed and delivered when the unclean spirits were commanded to leave. Their report described men restored to reason and calm, clothed and in their right minds, sitting with Jesus and praising God for their freedom. Their restored reason stood before all as visible evidence of Christ's power and mercy.
Even with that evidence before them, the Gadarenes rejected Jesus, for they valued the loss of the swine more than the healing of the men and feared further financial loss, and they urged Him to leave. Yet the eyewitness account made the people marvel and directed attention to Christ. It helped carry the news of His work through the surrounding region and opened that region to the gospel, and together with the testimony of the healed men it made His power known and helped convince people that He was the Son of God.
Jesus told the restored men to go home and tell what the Lord had done for them, and the men whom He had delivered remained to declare the mercy of their Benefactor. Those once under the power of darkness thus became witnesses to Christ's saving power. They told their households and neighbors and went throughout Decapolis, even among people who had rejected Jesus, declaring from what they had personally seen and heard and experienced how He had freed them from the demons and His power to save people from Satan's bondage.