And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately (see Mark 5:6 ) there met him a man with an unclean spirit - "which had devils (or 'demons') long time" (Luke 8:27). In Matthew (Matthew 8:28), "there met Him two men possessed with devils." Though there be no discrepancy between these two statements-more than between two witnesses, one of whom testifies to something done by one person, while the other affirms that there were two-it is difficult to see how the principal details here given could apply to more than one case.