Berean
Puritanboard Commissioner
31 The demons began to entreat Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine."32 And He said to them, "Go!" And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters.
In Matt 8:31 we've got the demons begging to be allowed to go into the swine. But the swine were drowned shortly thereafter. Why did the demons want to go into the swine? Where would they have gone if they had simply been cast out? Where did they go after the swine drowned? The same place? What was the advantage of going into the swine for only a few minutes?
The ESV Study Bible seems to say nothing on it. MacArthur says if simply cast out they would have gone into the pit or abyss. So were they able to move on after the pigs were dead and possess someone else?
In Matt 8:31 we've got the demons begging to be allowed to go into the swine. But the swine were drowned shortly thereafter. Why did the demons want to go into the swine? Where would they have gone if they had simply been cast out? Where did they go after the swine drowned? The same place? What was the advantage of going into the swine for only a few minutes?
The ESV Study Bible seems to say nothing on it. MacArthur says if simply cast out they would have gone into the pit or abyss. So were they able to move on after the pigs were dead and possess someone else?