Hermogenes. "He dwells in the sun!"
(And all the Heresiarchs form a circle about Anthony, who weeps, covering his face with his hands.)
A Jew (with a red beard, and spots of leprosy upon his shin, approaches close to Anthony, and, with a hideous sneer, exclaims):
"His soul was the soul of Esau! He suffered from the Bellephorentian sickness. Was not his mother, the seller of perfumes, seduced by a Roman soldier, one Pantherus?.......................... [6]
Anthony (suddenly raising his head, looks at them a moment in silence; then advancing boldly upon them, exclaims):
"Doctors, magicians, bishops, and deacons, men and phantoms, away from me! begone! Ye are all lies!"
The Heresiarchs. "We have martyrs more martyrs than thine, prayers that are more difficult, outbursts of love more sublime, ecstasies as prolonged as thine are."
Anthony. "But ye have no revelation! no proofs!"
(They all at once brandish in the air their rolls of papyrus, tablets of wood, scrolls of leather, rolls of woven stuff bearing inscriptions; and elbowing; and pushing each other, they all shout to Anthony.)
The Cerinthians. "Behold the Gospel of the Hebrews!"