The Skeptics Annotated Bible (778 page)

40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

5
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

2 And
when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

(5.2)
“When he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.”
348 How many men were possessed with devils?

3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the most high God
? I adjure thee by God, that thou
torment me not.

(5.7)
“Jesus, thou Son of the most high God … torment me not.”
417 Are those who believe Jesus is the Christ of God?

(5.8-10) Jesus has a conversation with a godly unclean spirit named “Legion.”

8 For
he said
unto him
, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

(5.8)
“He said … Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.”

9 And he asked him,
What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

(5.9)
“What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.”

10 And
he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

(5.10)
“He besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.”
418 Where did the devils ask not to go?

(5.11-17) Jesus sent the devils into 2000 pigs, causing them to jump off a cliff and be drowned in the sea. When the people hear about it, they beg Jesus to leave.

11 Now
there was
there nigh unto the mountains
a great herd of swine feeding.

(5.11)
“There was … a great herd of swine feeding.”

12
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine
, that we may enter into them.

(5.12)
“And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine.”

13 And forthwith
Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

(5.13)
“Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.”

14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

17 And
they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

(5.17)
“They began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”

18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

23 And besought him greatly, saying,
My little daughter lieth at the point of death
: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

(5.23)
“My little daughter lieth at the point of death.”
350 Was Jairus’ daughter alive when Jesus was approached?