1. So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.
2. When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from a cemetery to meet him.
3. This man lived among the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.
4. Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5. Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.
6. When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him.