Mark 5:14 (LXX): What the Church Fathers Said

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Mark 5:14

Eastern Fathers

Titus of Bostra

But the herdsmen also took to flight, lest they should perish with the swine, and spread the same fear amongst the inhabitants of the town. Wherefore there follows: And they that fed them, &c.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

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Bede

And they went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid, etc. It is written in the Gospel of Luke, "Sitting at his feet." It signifies that the multitude, delighted by their old life, honors indeed but does not want to endure the Christian law, saying that they cannot fulfill it, yet admiring the faithful people who have been healed from their former lost way of life. …

On the Gospel of Mark ↗

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