“And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.”
Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened — the herdsmen are the first witnesses and the first reporters. Their report produces the community's response: people went out from the town and countryside to see for themselves. The report is not described as persuasive or unpersuasive — the people simply go to investigate. What they find will produce a response as surprising as the Legion's request: not celebration but fear, and ultimately a request that Jesus leave.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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