tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post8605653122418005005..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: The King of Stories -- Enemy ForcesBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-48932876736323777272008-02-27T11:16:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:16:00.000-08:00.......[third deferred footnote here]Concerning th..........[third deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Concerning the demonic legion--at face value, GosMatt frankly looks to have misunderstood the incident to mean two men instead of one man with many demons. However, I have given him the benefit of the doubt, especially because of another situation much later in the story where two blind men are mentioned by an author but only one is named and given Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-49341651740797563812008-02-27T11:15:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:15:00.000-08:00.......[second deferred footnote here]Gergesa is a..........[second deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Gergesa is a town on the southeastern shore of Lake Galilee; known now as Khersa. This was part of the Decapolis ('Ten Town') region, overlapping the region known more formally as Perea, east of the River Jordan and somewhat south of Galilee Lake.<BR/><BR/>One town in the Decapolis confederation was Gerasa; about sixty miles inland southeast of Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-25795112293315230902008-02-27T11:13:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:13:00.000-08:00.......[first deferred footnote here]Concerning th..........[first deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Concerning the 'whirl of wind'--I was surprised to discover that this appears to have been a tornado; whirlwinds and funnelclouds have often been considered embodiments of demonic forces, hostile or at best neutral. Jesus rebukes it like a demon, too: 'be muzzled', or smothered or even strangled. There is deep irony that Jesus is not reported saying Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com