2. As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs.
3. This man lived among the tombs, and no one was ever strong enough to restrain him, even with a chain.
4. He had been secured many times with leg irons and chains, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one was tough enough to control him.
5. Night and day in the tombs and the hills, he would howl and cut himself with stones.
6. When he saw Jesus from far away, he ran and knelt before him,
7. shouting, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me!"
8. He said this because Jesus had already commanded him, "Unclean spirit, come out of the man!"
9. Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He responded, "Legion is my name, because we are many."
10. They pleaded with Jesus not to send them out of that region.
11. A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside.