However, Steinitz regarded G.A. MacDonnell as "one of my bitterest and most untruthful persecutors". It was then brought to life to take vengeance on their persecutors. Moreover, he perceived the Slavs as God's instrument for punishing the persecutors of the Monophysites. Whereas Galerius and Diocletian were avid persecutors, Constantius was unenthusiastic. His descendants would prove to be the worst persecutors of that great monastery. Many of the persecutors attempted to justify their actions with particular scriptural interpretations. Where Galerius and Diocletian were avid persecutors, Constantius was unenthusiastic. In order to obtain Paul's inheritance, his brother-in-law sought to betray him to the persecutors. The cruelty of the persecutors reached its climax in Fez. "Metsuke" also appear as persecutors of Japanese Christians in the film "Silence" (2016). Their Meccan persecutors seized their wealth and belongings left behind in Mecca. The protagonist is able to escape as his persecutors fall to their knees in prayer. The Church tradition is that the mountain opened miraculously to protect Thecla from her persecutors. St. Urban hid from his persecutors in a vineyard. He was later able to baptize a few converts, including some of his persecutors.