Vv. 6-13. Meeting with Fesus. This desperate case will test Christ’s power to heal. Madness, as wild and untamable as the wind or the sea. What is going to happen ?—Ver. 6, ἀπὸ µακρόθεν, from
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µακρόθεν, ἔδραμε καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ] 7. µεγάλῃ εἶπε,; “Ti ἐμοὶ καὶ ool, Ἰησοῦ, υἱὲ τοῦ "ὁρκίζω σε τὸν Θεόν, py µε βασανίσῃς. 8. {«Ἔξελθε, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.” ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν, “Τί σοι ὄνομα ὃ;' ὄνομά por,® ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν. ἵνα μὴ αὐτοὺς ἀποστείλῃ © ἔξω τῆς χώρας.
ε Acts xix. 13 (same const.).
Vv.
καὶ κράξας φωνῇ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου ; ἔλεγε γὰρ αὐτῷ, ϱ. Καὶ Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, λέγων, “ Λεγεὼν" 10. Καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν πολλά, II. ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ πρὸς τὰ
Spy” ἀγέλη χοίρων µεγάλη βοσκοµένη: 12. καὶ παρεκάλεσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ δαίμονες ἓ λέγοντες, “ Πέμψον ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, ἵνα
cis αὐτοὺς εἰσέλθωμεν.”'
13. Καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς εὐθέως ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς.»
καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς Χοίρους - καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἲς τὴν θάλασσαν : ἦσαν δὲ 10
1 αντον in NBCLA instead of the more usual αντω of T.R.
Σλεγει in NABCLAY. Σονοµα σοι in most uncials,
D has σοί ον. (so in Lk.).
4 και λεγει αντω Acytav in SBCLA (Tisch., W.H.).
5 BD add εστιν. 7 πω ope in all uncials, * SSBCLA omit ευθεως ο |.
afar, a relative expression, a favourite pleonasm in Mk. (xiv. 54, xv. 40).— προσεκύνησεν: worshipful attitude, as of one who feels already the charm or spell of Him before whom he kneels; already there is a presentiment and com- mencement of cure, though not yet wel- come.—Ver. 7. τ. θ. τοῦ ὑψίστου:; Mt. has τοῦ θεοῦ only. Luke gives the full expression =the Son of: God Most High. Which is the original?’ Weiss (Meyer) says Mt.’s, Mk. adding τ. i. to prepare for the appeal to One higher even than Jesus, in ὁρκίζω following. But why should not the demoniac himself do that ? —épxifw: in classics to make swear, in N. T. (here and in Acts xix. 13) to adjure with double accusative; not good Greek according to Phryn.; ὁρκόω the right word.—py pe βασανίσῃς: no πρὸ καιροῦ as in Mt., the reference ap- parently to the present torment of de- moniac or demon, or both; either shrink- ing from cure felt to be impending.— Ver. 8. ἔλεγεν γὰρ, for He was about to say: not yet said, but evident from Christ’s manner and look that it was on His tongue ; the conative imperfect (Weiss).—Ver. 9. τί σοι ὄνομα ; instead of saying at once what He had meant to say, Jesus adopts a roundabout method of dealing with the case, and asks the demoniac his name, as if to
δαντα αποσ, in BCA. D has avrovs. ® παντες οι δαιµ. omit NBCLA (Tisch., W.H.). 10 SBCDLA omit yoav δε.
bring him into composure.—Aeytov : from the Roman legion not a rare sight in that region, emblem of irresistible power and of a multitude organised into unity ; the name already naturalised into Greek and Aramaean. The use of it by the demoniac, like the immediate recog- nition of Jesus as a God-like person, reveals a sensitive, fine-strung mind wrecked by insanity.—Ver. 10. παρεκά- Ae: he, Legion, in the name of the de- mons, beseeches earnestly (πολλὰ) that He would not send them (αὐτὰ) out of the region (χώρας). Decapolis, beloved by demons, suggests Grotius, because full of Hellenising apostate Jews, teste Joseph. (A. J., xvii., 11).—Ver. 11. ἐκεῖ, there, near by. Cf. Mt. viii. 3ο.--- πρὸς τῷ Sper; on the mountain side.—Ver., 12. πέµψον: send us into the swine; no chance of permission to enter into men ; no expectation either of the ensuing catastrophe.—Ver. 13. καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν: permission, not command, to enter; in Mt. not even that, simply a peremptory : Depart! Vide notes (πετε.---εἰσῆλθον : an inference from the sequel ; neither exit nor entrance could be seen. | There was doubtless a coincidence between the cure and the catastrophe.—ds δισχίλιοι : about 2000, an estimate of the herds possibly exaggerated. —éaviyovro (rviyw, to choke), were drowned, used in this