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In Mark 5:9, Jesus asked the demon his name, and the demon answered, "Legion." However, there could be another meaning to this story, in which case we can not say that the demon was really called Legion.
Dennis R MacDonald (The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark) argues that the Gospel of Mark contains material modelled on the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, using a technique known as mimesis, common at the time among Greek students to demonstrate mastery of the Greek language. He notes that when Jesus and his crew disembarked they met a wild, demon-possessed man of incredible strength and violent, terrifying habits, who lived among caves. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew disembarked and met Polyphemus, a savage, lawless, cave-dwelling giant of incredible strength and violent, terrifying habits. When Polyphemus asked Odysseus for his name, he replied, 'Nobody'. When Jesus asked the demon his name, the demon replied, 'Legion' - the request was reversed and the answer was an absolute reverse of that by Odysseus. There are so many other parallels in this short passage that the demon's reply to Jesus was undoubtedly a transvaluation of the reply in the Odyssey, not really the demon's name.
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Did Jesus compensate the owner of the two thousand pigs that were destroyed when he drove the demons into them?
No, there is no mention in the Bible of Jesus compensating the owner of the pigs in this particular miracle. The focus is on the demon-possessed man being freed from his affliction rather than the material loss of the pigs.
If demons do not die what happened to the demons Jesus sent into the 2000 pigs that drowned?
A:In Mark 5:1-20, the demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him. Jesus asks him his name and he replies 'Legion', because he has legion demons in him. Jesus sends out the demons into swine that are grazing nearby. The pigs run down the hill into the sea and drown.This is a spectacular story, and readers have usually assumed that the demons drowned along with the pigs. However, as the question points out, demons are not supposed to drown. Logically, there was no point in Jesus killing all those pigs, or financially ruining their owner.Dennis R. MacDonald (The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark) has identified a number of close parallels between the story of the demoniac and a similar passage in Homer's Odyssey. Just as Circe turned the sailors into pigs, so Jesus sent the demons into pigs in a very similar context. MacDonald believes Mark portrays the demons as saying his name was 'Legion' as a deliberate reversal of when Polyphemus asked Odysseus for his name and he replied, 'Nobody'. On this view, the event did not really occur, and Jesus was not guilty of destroying another man's livestock.
What is the significance of the sycamore tree in the bible?
The sycamore tree is Ficus sycamorus, a type of small edible fig that grows in Israel and Egypt. It is best known Biblically as the tree that Zacchaeus climbed in order to catch a glimpse of Jesus.
Where did Saint Patrick mind pigs and sheep?
Saint Patrick is said to have tended pigs and sheep on Slemish Mountain in County Antrim, Northern Ireland during his captivity as a slave.
Which ruler defiled the Jewish temple by slaughtering pigs?
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king, defiled the Jewish temple in 167 BCE by slaughtering pigs on the altar, outlawing Jewish practices, and erecting an altar to Zeus inside the temple. This led to the Maccabean Revolt by the Jewish rebels against the Seleucid rule.
Did Jesus compensate the owner of the two thousand pigs that were destroyed when he drove the demons into them?
No, there is no mention in the Bible of Jesus compensating the owner of the pigs in this particular miracle. The focus is on the demon-possessed man being freed from his affliction rather than the material loss of the pigs.
Is your name Jesus?
no it is Matthew hiles you bender you sleep with pigs
When Jesus drove the herd of pigs over the cliff because they were posessed by a demon why did he kill all the pigs instead of just getting the demon out?
The demons was driven from a man and the demons ask to be allowed to go into the swine instead of where they came from which would of been some sort of hell. Jesus let them go into the swine. the swine killed themselves other than be possessed. So, in other words, Jesus did not actually drive the herd of pigs over the cliff. The words in the KJV 'He suffered them' describe His permission, or that He allowed them to go there, not that He thought to destroy the pigs. The subsequent events only serve to demonstrate the natural intent of Satan and his followers 'to steal and to kill and to destroy.' The responsibility for the destruction of the herd rests solely with the demons.
What was in pig slop fed to pigs in Jesus' Day?
pigs
What animals did Jesus cause to run into the sea and drown?
Pigs
If demons do not die what happened to the demons Jesus sent into the 2000 pigs that drowned?
A:In Mark 5:1-20, the demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him. Jesus asks him his name and he replies 'Legion', because he has legion demons in him. Jesus sends out the demons into swine that are grazing nearby. The pigs run down the hill into the sea and drown.This is a spectacular story, and readers have usually assumed that the demons drowned along with the pigs. However, as the question points out, demons are not supposed to drown. Logically, there was no point in Jesus killing all those pigs, or financially ruining their owner.Dennis R. MacDonald (The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark) has identified a number of close parallels between the story of the demoniac and a similar passage in Homer's Odyssey. Just as Circe turned the sailors into pigs, so Jesus sent the demons into pigs in a very similar context. MacDonald believes Mark portrays the demons as saying his name was 'Legion' as a deliberate reversal of when Polyphemus asked Odysseus for his name and he replied, 'Nobody'. On this view, the event did not really occur, and Jesus was not guilty of destroying another man's livestock.
Why were the herdsmen angry with Jesus?
because their pigs drowned
How did pigs get their name?
pigs got their name by their fatness!!
Where did the devil go when Jesus cast them out of a certain person?
Pigs
How old do baby guinea pigs be to meet their dad?
guinea pigs dont need to be removed from thier parents they will not be harmed by them.
Can guinea pigs eat cannalope?
yes. as long as the seeds are removed.
Is there another name for a piGs tail?
There does not appear to be another name for a pigs tail. A pigs tail is typically short and curly.
