Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

just as He spoke by the mouth
of His holy prophets in ancient times;

They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, it hardly ever leaves him.

“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from His mouth?”