So the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
"Send us into the herd of swine. "According to St. Luke, they begged of him two things; the first, that they might not be sent into hell, there to be tormented with more grievous torments, as they will be at the end of the world; the second, that they might be permitted to go into the herd of swine, that these being destroyed, the inhabitants of that country might be ill affected towards our Saviour, and refuse to receive him. The event seems to confirm this opinion. (Menochius)
