4. In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
5. Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.
6. Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,
7. crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”