“And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.”
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his mind; and they were afraid — the transformation is total and visible: sitting (calm, settled, no longer roaming the tombs), dressed (clothed, the restoration of human dignity and social presentation), in his right mind (sane, coherent, the person restored). The three elements reverse the three elements of the man's condition in verses 3–5: he was uncontrollable — now he is seated and calm; he was crying out — now he is coherent; he was cutting himself — now he is dressed. They were afraid: the restoration is as terrifying as the possession, because both exceed ordinary human experience.
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