and screamed in a loud voice, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? For God's sake, I beg you, don't punish me!"

Didn't we tell you before we left that this would happen? We told you to leave us alone and let us go on being slaves of the Egyptians. It would be better to be slaves there than to die here in the desert."

At once they screamed, "What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come to punish us before the right time?"

When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!"

Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.

Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe---and tremble with fear.

because you protect me from the power of death. I have served you faithfully, and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.

You, O LORD, chose our protector; you, the Holy God of Israel, gave us our king.

In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.

"Seven times seventy years is the length of time God has set for freeing your people and your holy city from sin and evil. Sin will be forgiven and eternal justice established, so that the vision and the prophecy will come true, and the holy Temple will be rededicated.

"Ah! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are: you are God's holy messenger!"

because you will not abandon me in the world of the dead; you will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.

He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer.

For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "This is the message from the one who is holy and true. He has the key that belonged to David, and when he opens a door, no one can close it, and when he closes it, no one can open it.