he had commanded Rather, He commanded.

oftentimes Pollois chronoisusually means "for a long time."

he was kept bound with chains and in fetters This rendering misses a curious point in the narrative, preserved by St Luke only, namely, that "he was bound in chains and fetters, being under guard."

into the wilderness Rather, into the deserts, regarded as a peculiar haunt of Azazel and other demons. Matthew 12:43; Tob 8:3; see on Luke 4:1. (There are obvious allusions to the Gospel narrative of this demoniac and the demoniac boy in Lucian, Philopseudes,16.)

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