Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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Gill's Exposition
Saying, let us alone, &c. Meaning with himself, the rest of the unclean spirits, that had possessed the bodies of men in Galilee, and in all Judea; knowing that Christ had power to dislodge them, and…
See also Luk 4:31-37. Mar 1:21 And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Mat 4:13. Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath. The synagogue - See the…
Adam Clarke
What have we to do with thee - Or, What is it to us and to thee? or, What business hast thou with us? That this is the meaning of the original, τι ἡμιν και σοι, Kypke has sufficiently shown. There is…
As soon as Christ began to preach, he began to work miracles for the confirmation of his doctrine; and they were such as intimated the design and tendency of his doctrine, which were to conquer Satan,…
Cambridge Bible
Let us alone Many MSS. omit the Greek word thus translated. Even if genuine, it appears to be rather an exclamation of horror = the Latin vah! heu!It is not the man who cries out so much as the Evil…
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