Luke 8:38 — Community Reflections

LUKE 8:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,”

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying — the liberated man's desire to follow echoes the disciples' calls: he wants to remain with the one who has transformed his life. Jesus sends him back — not rejection but commissioning. The man who was excluded from community becomes the missionary to his own community.

Church Fathers on Luke 8:38

The Savior, as He sailed with His disciples, came to a port, as it is said, And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Many accurate copies have neither “Gerazenes” nor “Gadarenes,” but “Gergezenes.” For Gadara is a city in Judea, but neither lake nor sea is found at it, and Geraza is a city of Arabia, having neither lake nor sea near. But Gergeza, from which the Gergezenes are called, is an ancient city near the lake of Tiberias, above which is a rock hanging over the lake, into which they say the swine were dashed down by the devils. But since Gadara and Geraza border upon the land of the…
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For Geraza is a famous city of Arabia, on the other side of the Jordan, close to the mountain of Galaad, which was possessed by the tribe of Manasseh, and not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were cast headlong.
Bede · 8th century

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