The miracle of the Gadarene Swine has always intrigued me (Matthew 8:28–34; it's in Mark and Luke as well). A man was possessed by a 'legion' of devils. Jesus cast them out into a sounder of pigs that happened to be nearby; the pigs all then leapt off a cliff to their deaths. I've always thought this miracle was a bit hard on the pigs – not to mention their owner and the swineherd. But 'unclean' animals, I suppose, and the owner probably wasn't Jewish anyway...
Possession by a legion of demons (I prefer 'devils'; good Anglo-Saxon word, none of your fancy Greek rubbish). I wonder how that worked. Would they seize possession of different parts of the guy's body – or brain? Or was it a kind of timeshare agreement? Or were they all shoving and jostling for their turn at the controls?
Possession by a legion of demons (I prefer 'devils'; good Anglo-Saxon word, none of your fancy Greek rubbish). I wonder how that worked. Would they seize possession of different parts of the guy's body – or brain? Or was it a kind of timeshare agreement? Or were they all shoving and jostling for their turn at the controls?
