for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one was strong enough to overpower him.

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.

But if you are perpetually snarling and snapping at one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.