<p>5:16 <em>And they that saw it described to them what had happened to him that was previously possessed with demons, and about what had happened to the pigs</em>- Apart from the loss of their pigs, what had happened was good news. Fear of condemnation, to the point of paranoia, really could be cured by the Lord Jesus; the demons of doubt and fear really could be cast out, and the miracle of the destruction of the pigs was dramatic visual evidence of this. But when faced with this, the people feared and didn't want that good news.</p>