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What the Fathers say

Mark 5:18

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

On the contrary, the demoniac asked Him for permission to be with Him, as he feared that the demons, finding him alone, might enter into him again.

Commentary on Mark ↗

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

For when we have perceived ever so little of the Divine knowledge, we are at once unwilling to return to human affairs, and seek for the quiet of contemplation; but the Lord commands that the mind should first toil hard at its work, and afterwards should refresh itself with contemplation.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Bede

And when he was entering the ship, the man who had been vexed by the demon began to beseech him that he might be with him; and he did not admit him, but said to him: Go to your house, to your own people, and announce to them how much the Lord has done for you, and has had mercy on you. …

On the Gospel of Mark ↗