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...* for a wonder and a benefit to those who hear. For the creation obeys those whom
Christ wishes to instruct. The manner of the rebuke does not matter. Matthew
says that it happens in divine authority, for he said that the Lord says to the sea:
“Be silent, be muzzled,” * and along with the word there followed the deed. The sea too
24 On the Man who had Legion.
8:25They were amazed, and said
before
orig: before
corrector: to
one another, ‘Who then
is this, that he commands the
winds and the water, and they
obey him?’ 8:26Then they
arrived at the country of the
Gergesenes, which is opposite
Galilee. 8:27 +61 +612424As he stepped out
on land, a man of the city
that was having demons
met him. For a long time he
had worn no clothes, and he
did not live in a house but in the
tombs.
knows the one who
gathered it together in the
beginning by a command:
› “Who put the sand
› as a limit for it
› which it would not
› exceed.” *❧
* From Saint Cyril
￣ The Saviour came
to harbour in the land of
the Gergesenes together
with the holy disciples.
Then a man met them,
who had been the
dwelling-place for
many unclean spirits:
he was out of both
his mind and his senses.❧
* And a little later on
￣ For the God of
all purposefully permits
some to come under
their power, not so much
that they should suffer,
but so that we might learn
through them what their nature is with regard to us, and thus we may avoid wishing to be
subject to them. So, when one person has suffered, many are brought under control.❧