When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Ven. Bede gives a beautiful explanation of this miracle. He says that it represents the Gentiles, who were converted to the faith by the apostles. The legion represents the innumerable vices to which they were subject, neither restrained by the laws of God nor man, but breaking through every restraint, and wallowing in all kinds of uncleanness. Ven. Bede.—The three evangelists agree in the expulsion of the legion of devils, except that S. Matt. makes mention of two demoniacs, and SS. Mark and Luke only of one. The difficulty is thus solved by Saint Augustine. Saint Mark and Saint Luke only mention one, as being more generally known, and particularly frightful in the neighbourhood. Saint Augustine