action than preaching and healing—especially by a person who looked more like a prophet or a holy man than a powerful ruler. Hence we can detect a second motif in the story. This is concerned with the people trying to identify who Jesus is. His claim at Nazareth to be the fulfillment of Isa 61:1–2 was met with some skepticism. The demoniacs might hail him as the Son of God, but they would have been dismissed as deranged. So the question for the people is whether Jesus is “the Christ” or “the Son