“And 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.”
He shouted at the top of his voice, what do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name don't torture me! — the demon's speech combines accurate identification with desperate appeal. Son of the Most High God is the Gentile form of the Christological title — the Most High God (El Elyon) is the title used in Gentile contexts for the supreme deity (Genesis 14:18–22, Daniel 3:26). The demon knows Jesus' identity with precision. Don't torture me invokes the divine name (In God's name) as a protection against the very Jesus it is appealing to — a logical incoherence that reveals the demon's desperation. The torture it fears is the eschatological judgment that Jesus' arrival signifies.
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