The Gerasene Demoniac

In Mark’s Gospel

• Jesus cast the legion of demons out of him; they entered a herd of about two thousand pigs, which rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned

  Mark 5:11-13

• The townspeople came and found him "sitting there, clothed and in his right mind" — and they were afraid

  Mark 5:15

• He begged Jesus to let him go with him — but Jesus said: "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you"

  Mark 5:18-19

• He obeyed — "he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled"

  Mark 5:20

Who they were

• ✦Grateful — his first impulse was to stay with Jesus (Mark 5:18)
• ✦Obedient — when told to go home instead, he went (Mark 5:20)
• ✦The first missionary to the Gentiles — sent to proclaim Christ in the Decapolis before any apostle was

Read about them

Faces of Faith

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” — Hebrews 12:1

A keepsake of The Gerasene Demoniac’s story — the portrait on the front, the key moments on the back.