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| Display: [references|view all] | | | Problem | Demoniacs: One or Two? In Mark 5:2 and Luke 8:28 there is one demoniac. Matthew 8:28 mentions 2 demoniacs. Is this a discrepancy? | Date: Oct 24, 2006 By: Dan 3 Problems3 Solutions | References | | Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. | | Mark 5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, | | Matthew 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. | | User Solutions/Comments | | Date: Jun 14, 2008 | Posted By: Christian_Responses | | Matthew is simply stating that there were 2 men that night who came to Jesus that were possesed with devils, perhapss one of them have the devil called "Legion in them" and the other does not. Luke and Mark simply talk about the one with that had "Legion" in him. | | Post a solution! |
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