As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time, he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me…” Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. (Luke 8: 27-31)

To Gerasa

Picture the Sea of Galilee in your mind.

Capernaum was at about ten o’clock and the town of Gerasa, the country of the Gerasenes, would have been at about five o’clock.

Jesus and his disciples had visited Capernaum, a Jewish city, and the towns and villages around it, healing, teaching an…