So the prophets prayed louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears. (This was the way they worshiped.) They cut themselves until the blood flowed over them.
Mark 5:5 - Easy To Read Version Day and night the man walked around the burial caves and on the hills. The man would scream and cut himself with rocks. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always shrieking and screaming and beating and bruising and cutting himself with stones. American Standard Version (1901) And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. Common English Bible Night and day in the tombs and the hills, he would howl and cut himself with stones. Catholic Public Domain Version And he was always, day and night, among the tombs, or in the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he was always day and night in the monuments and in the mountains, crying and cutting himself with stones. |
So the prophets prayed louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears. (This was the way they worshiped.) They cut themselves until the blood flowed over them.
Many times people had used chains to tie the man’s hands and feet. But the man broke the chains on his hands and feet. No person was strong enough to control him.
While Jesus was far away, the man saw him. The man ran to Jesus and bowed down before him.
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.