When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

His tribe members, the Toros, were likely to treat him as an outcast or to kill him, because of his service in the army of Idi Amin, who had oppressed the Toros.

His system was to replace the Diocletian era that had been used in an old Easter table because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians.