3. who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him, not even with chains,
4. because he had often been bound with shackles and chains but the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was able to tame him.
5. And continually, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6. And seeing יהושע from a distance, he ran and bowed down to Him,
7. and having called out with a loud voice, said, “What have I to do with You, יהושע, Son of the Most High Ěl? Swear to Elohim not to torture me.”
8. For He had said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”
9. And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”
10. And he begged Him very much that He would not send them out of the country.
11. Now a great herd of pigs was there, feeding near the mountains.
12. And all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs, so that we enter into them.”
13. And He gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs – they were about two thousand – and the herd rushed down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
14. And those who fed the pigs fled, and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what had taken place.
15. So they came to יהושע, and saw the demon-possessed one, him who had the legion, sitting, and dressed, and in his right mind. And they were afraid.