After the people ask Jesus to leave, Jesus says in return, “Go home to your own people and tell them what the Lord has done for you.” Why wouldn’t it be stated in Matthew about what the Lord has done for them? It also seems different that Matthew’s story is so much shorter than Mark and Luke. This makes sense because each of them could have remembered the story differently; Matthew just didn’t remember a whole lot. Why would the village people ask Jesus to leave their region? Were they afraid of the demon that Jesus had extracted from the men? Why wouldn’t they celebrate with Jesus and call him a hero for casting out the demons? Also, what is the significance in the name Legion? After reading closely and searching the internet, Legion is a group of demons which is stated in Mark and Luke. With these stories, when each one is written, why wouldn’t Matthew, Mark, and Luke get together and discuss what happened so they don’t miss any detail? Or do we want them to write their stories as is and see the differences and similarities they come up with? There is one difference that was not stated in Mark or Matthew. In Luke, the demons begged Jesus not to order them to the Abyss. What is the Abyss? Is it a place of no return? What is so bad about the “abyss”? After doing some research, I found that abyss is basically a bottomless pit, in which it receives not daylight (Lewis). The demons don’t want to end up there because they will no longer be able to take over human bodies or wreak havoc on the earth. Basically, sounds like hell, and if I were the demons, I definitely would not want to go there (or go back for that
After the people ask Jesus to leave, Jesus says in return, “Go home to your own people and tell them what the Lord has done for you.” Why wouldn’t it be stated in Matthew about what the Lord has done for them? It also seems different that Matthew’s story is so much shorter than Mark and Luke. This makes sense because each of them could have remembered the story differently; Matthew just didn’t remember a whole lot. Why would the village people ask Jesus to leave their region? Were they afraid of the demon that Jesus had extracted from the men? Why wouldn’t they celebrate with Jesus and call him a hero for casting out the demons? Also, what is the significance in the name Legion? After reading closely and searching the internet, Legion is a group of demons which is stated in Mark and Luke. With these stories, when each one is written, why wouldn’t Matthew, Mark, and Luke get together and discuss what happened so they don’t miss any detail? Or do we want them to write their stories as is and see the differences and similarities they come up with? There is one difference that was not stated in Mark or Matthew. In Luke, the demons begged Jesus not to order them to the Abyss. What is the Abyss? Is it a place of no return? What is so bad about the “abyss”? After doing some research, I found that abyss is basically a bottomless pit, in which it receives not daylight (Lewis). The demons don’t want to end up there because they will no longer be able to take over human bodies or wreak havoc on the earth. Basically, sounds like hell, and if I were the demons, I definitely would not want to go there (or go back for that