inst Galilee. 27 And when he was come forth upon the land,
there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and
for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in _any_
house, but in the tombs. 28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out,
and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech
thee, torment me not. 29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit
to come out from the man. For often-times it had seized him: and
he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and
breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the
desert. 30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said,
Legion; for many demons were entered into him. 31 And they
entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the
abyss. 32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the
mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to
enter into them. And he gave them leave. 33 And the demons came
out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed
down the steep into the lake, and were drowned. 34 And when they
that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in
the city and in the country. 35 And they went out to see what had
come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom
the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind,
at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid. 36 And they that saw
it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.
37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about
asked him to depart from them; for they were holden with great
fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned. 38 But the man
from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be
with him: but he sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thy house,
and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went
his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things
Jesus had done for him.

The sufferings of a demoniac were so similar to those of mental disease
that by many they are regarded as identical. Those who observe the
distinction are faced with a further problem as to whether demon
possession exists at the present day. What is most important of all is to
note the exact parallel existing b