1. Matthieu 8:28 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Why did the two demon-possessed men come out of the tombs?

Matthieu 8:28 (NEG79)

28 Lorsqu'il fut sur l'autre bord, dans le pays des Gadaréniens, deux démoniaques, sortant des sépulcres, vinrent au-devant de lui. Ils étaient si furieux que personne n'osait passer par là.

En bref

The two demon-possessed men lived in the tombs, because they served demons, who love death and misery (Matthew 12:43). Jesus’ presence brings the men out of the tombs, because he commands everyone to leave death behind (Matthew 8:22).

The demon-possessed men lived in tombs because the demons, as servants of the great destroyer Satan, love death (see Matthew 12:43). These tombs were typically either caves or other holes carved out of rocks which were suitable as shelter.1 The demon-possessed men emerge from the tombs that Jesus had just commanded his disciples to leave behind on their journey to life (Matthew 8:22).