<p>5:8 <em>For Jesus had said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man</em>- The man's fear of condemnation &quot;torment&quot; was triggered or restimulated by the command to the 'unclean spirit' to come out of the man. Legion assumed that he personally was going to be condemned if the &quot;unclean spirit&quot; was condemned which he supposed was within him. But the Lord was seeking to help the man see a difference between himself personally, and his mental illness, the &quot;spirit&quot; or mind within him which was paranoid about condemnation. And so the Lord went along with the man's self perception, and in terms the man understood, showed beyond doubt that that spirit of fear had been cast out. Perhaps John reflects on this incident when he writes that perfect love casts out fear, because fear is associated with &quot;torment&quot; (1 Jn. 4:18), which is just what the man was obsessed with fearing (:7).</p>