“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.”
Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God — the demon's speech combines the command to go away (an attempt to repel) with the accurate confession (I know who you are — the Holy One of God). What do you want with us is the Hebrew idiom of incompatibility. Have you come to destroy us: the demon understands the eschatological significance of Jesus' arrival. The Messianic Secret begins: the demon knows, but the congregation does not yet.
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