Edward
2024 Supporter
The different New Testament gospels sometimes tell the same story and give extra details by reading different accounts. So it is with Matthew 8 and Mark chapters 4 and 5. In Matthew chapter 8 It is an account of Jesus going around healing many people and performing miracles, and in v23 Jesus enters into a ship then tells of the storm where the disciples got scared with them entering a ship then upon reaching the other side he meets the possessed man and casts out a legion of unclean spirits into a herd of swine.
Mark 4 & 5 tells the same story and in greater detail. Apparently when He first got into the ship before they left to go to the other side, he taught the multitudes who were following Him because He was walking around performing many miracles. Then they all left to go to the other side and that's where they meet the man possessed by a legion of unclean spirits...but in this account it reveals that Jesus asked the evil spirit(s) it's name.
This has to be a significant detail. Why did He ask his name?
Mark 4 & 5 tells the same story and in greater detail. Apparently when He first got into the ship before they left to go to the other side, he taught the multitudes who were following Him because He was walking around performing many miracles. Then they all left to go to the other side and that's where they meet the man possessed by a legion of unclean spirits...but in this account it reveals that Jesus asked the evil spirit(s) it's name.
This has to be a significant detail. Why did He ask his name?