“Or this may be understood in another way, for there may be more than one spiritual meaning, namely, we can look upon these two demoniacs in a larger sense as two [Gentile] peoples (as we noted before)9 who by the word and grace of Christ were freed from the bond of the demons. Perhaps we may interpret the swine as her…”
Chromatius of Aquileia, 5th c. — TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 43.6
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33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
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31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
— Matthew 8:33 —
34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.