Gadarene swine
Gadarene swine the pigs into which Jesus cast the demons that had possessed a madman (see legion), and which as a result ran down a steep cliff into the sea and were killed; from this, Gadarene means involving or engaged in a headlong or potentially disastrous rush to do something.
Gadarene comes from New Testament Greek Gadarēnos ‘inhabitant of Gadara’ (see Mark ch. 8).
Gadarene comes from New Testament Greek Gadarēnos ‘inhabitant of Gadara’ (see Mark ch. 8).
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