63. Afterwards,
on another occasion, having descended to the outer cells, he was asked
to enter a vessel and pray with the monks, and he alone perceived an
exceedingly unpleasant smell. But those on board said that the stench
arose from the fish and salt meat in the ship. He replied however, the
smell was different from that; and while he was speaking, a youth with
an evil spirit, who had come and hidden himself in the ship, cried out.
But the demon being rebuked in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
departed from him, and the man became whole. And all knew that the evil
smell arose from the demon.
64. And another, a person of rank, came to him,
possessed by a demon; and the demon was so terrible that the man
possessed did not know that he was coming to Antony. But he even ate
the excreta from his body. So those who brought him besought Antony to
pray for him. And Antony pitying the young man prayed and kept watch
with him all the night. And about dawn the young man suddenly attacked
Antony and gave him a push. But when those who came with him were
angry, Antony said, ‘Be not angry with the young man, for it is
not he, but the demon which is in him. And being rebuked and commanded
to go into dry places, the demon became raging mad, and he has done
this. Wherefore give thanks to the Lord, for his attack on me thus is a
sign of the departure of the evil spirit.’ When Antony had said
this, straightway the young man had become whole, and having come at
last to his right mind, knew where he was, and saluted the old man and
gave thanks to God.