He also repeatedly pleaded with Jesus not to send them a long way away.
But the religious leaders from Jerusalem said, “He's possessed by Beelzebub! It's by the ruler of demons that he's driving out demons!”
A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside nearby.
Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. The whole herd, about two thousand, rushed down the steep cliff into the sea and drowned.
Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion, because we are many!” he replied.