Constantly,nightand day,he was screamingamongthe tombsand in the mountains,and gashinghimselfwith stones.
So they criedwith a loudvoiceand cutthemselves according to their customwith swordsand lancesuntilthe bloodgushedout on them.
becausehe had oftenbeen boundwith shacklesand chains,and the chainshad been torn apartby him and the shacklesbroken in pieces,and no onewas strong enoughto subduehim.
SeeingJesusfrom a distance,he ranup and bowed down beforeHim;
"You are of [your] fatherthe devil,and you wantto dothe desiresof your father.He was a murdererfrom the beginning,and does not standin the truthbecausethere is notruthin him. Wheneverhe speaksa lie,he speaksfrom his own[nature], for he is a liarand the fatherof lies.
