KJV King James Version
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
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Matthew 8:29
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
WEB World English Bible
Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
ASV American Standard Version
And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and lo, they cried out, saying, ‘What—to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?’
Surrounding context — Matthew 8
26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!ἔκραξανG2896 · krazōto cryλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayτίG5101 · tiswhich?ἡμῖνG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandσοίG4771 · suyouυἱὲG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ;G2316 · theosGodἦλθεςG2064 · erchomaito come/goὧδεG5602 · hōdehereπρὸG4253 · probeforeκαιροῦG2540 · kairostime/right timeβασανίσαιG928 · basanizōto torture: tortureἡμᾶς;G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Mark 1:24Saying, 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.Luke 4:34Saying, 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.James 2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.Mark 5:7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?John 2:4Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.Luke 4:41And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.Acts 16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.2 Samuel 19:22And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I [am] this day king over Israel?Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.Mark 3:11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.1 Kings 17:18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?Judges 11:12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?Joel 3:4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
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