“And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.”
The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men. The herdsmen who have lost their livelihood are the witnesses whose report to the city produces a response that is the opposite of the centurion's faith: they ask Jesus to leave rather than seeking what he might offer. The especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men is the remarkable datum: the men who have been impossible to restrain, who lived in the tombs and terrorized passersby, are now free. The witness is to liberation; the response is rejection.
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