“[The Gerasenes] began to beg him to leave their neighborhood” (Mark 5:17). Are these pig farmers afraid because he commands unclean spirits? Or are they worried about their livelihood? The word beg ...

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This miracle shows that not all religious leaders were against Jesus. Jairus, the official from the local synagogue, had heard about Jesus’ reputation as a miracle worker and begged him to cure ...