Then: By this was fully evinced the sovereign power of our Lord, and the reality of diabolical agency; "for," says Dr. Doddridge, "it was self-evident that a herd of swine could not be confederates in any fraud; their death, therefore, in this instructive circumstance, was ten thousand times a greater blessing to mankind than if they had been slain for food, as was intended." the herd: Joh 8:44, 1Pe 5:8, Rev 9:11 Reciprocal: Lev 11:7 - swine Job 1:12 - So Satan Job 38:11 - but Mat 8:32 - the whole Joh 13:27 - Satan