b. The need for the healing (8:27, 29, 30)—When Jesus arrived in Gadara, a demoniac met Him. Note this man’s condition: He had many demons, he had been long afflicted, he wore no clothes, he dwelled in the tombs, he could not be tamed, Mk. 5:4, he could not be kept chained, and he was often seized by the evil spirit and driven, into the wilderness. The condition of this man pictures the condition of a sinner! c. The details of the healing (8:28–33)—(1) The demons recognized Jesus (they knew Him to
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