So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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Interpretation
The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Savior; they neither have, nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh the depth of this mystery of Divine love; that fallen man has so much to do with Christ, when fallen angels have nothing to do with him!
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This thought runs through Matthew 8:28-32.