Please, I need your thoughts on this verse. I couldn't really understand the reason behind it;
"What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"
Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.
The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
He said to them, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.
Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

(Matthew 08 : 29 - 32 )

My question: Why did the demon possessed men beg Jesus to drive them into the herd of pigs as a result drowning & killing the pigs instead of driving them out into the abyss of hell? And also, what is the significance of Jesus' action here?

(– !! –)''