Theory question 105
Miracles of JesusSection B (Themes from the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles)
(a) Explain Luke's account of the healing of the Demoniac. (b) Give two reasons why the evil spirits were sent into the swine.
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(a) Jesus arrived in the country of the Gerasenes, opposite Galilee (Luke 8:26).
A man with demons met Him; for a long time he had worn no clothes and lived among the tombs (Luke 8:27).
He fell down and cried, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not torment me" (Luke 8:28).
The spirit had often seized him; he broke chains and was driven into the desert (Luke 8:29).
Jesus asked his name; he said "Legion", for many demons had entered him (Luke 8:30).
They begged not to be sent into the abyss but into a large herd of swine; Jesus allowed it (Luke 8:31-32).
The swine rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned (Luke 8:33).
The people found the man clothed and in his right mind, sitting at Jesus' feet; they were afraid and asked Jesus to leave (Luke 8:35-37).
The man begged to go with Jesus, but Jesus sent him home to declare what God had done (Luke 8:38-39).
(b) Any two: the demons requested it; to prove the demons had left the man; to show the destructive nature of evil spirits; to show a human being is worth more than animals; to keep the demons from troubling others.
Narrate Luke 8:26-39, then two reasons.