Matthew 8:29 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

BSB

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ASV

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?

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

This is no voluntary confession followed up by a reward to the utterer, but one extorted by the compulsion of necessity. A runaway slave, when after long time he first beholds his master, straight thinks only of deprecating the scourge; so the dæmons, seeing the Lord suddenly moving upon the earth, thought He was come to judge them. Some absurdly suppose, that these dæmons knew the Son of God, while the Devil knew Him not, because their wickedness was less than his. But all the knowledge of the disciple must be supposed in the Master.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

FRAGMENT 101 (444)

The divine nature of the only begotten Son was already scorching the demons in unspeakable flames. Christ was shutting up the fiercest demons in blocked roads. He was undoing the devil's tyranny. "You have come before the time," they cried out. For they knew from the Scriptures that Christ was going to come and would judge them. Treating the incarnation as if it had happened at the wrong time, they pled that he had come in an untimely way. This misrepresentation is not surprising. In their deceptiveness, they did not hesitate to say even this.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

What have we to do with thee - The literal translation of τι ημιν και σοι, is, What is it to us and to thee; which perhaps might be understood to imply their disclaiming any design to interfere with the work of Christ, and that he should not therefore meddle with them; for it appears they exceedingly dreaded his power. What have we to do with thee, is a Jewish phrase, which often occurs in the Old Testament, signifying an abrupt refusal of some request, or a wish not to be troubled with the company or importunity of others.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
ἔκραξαν	ekraxan	they cried out	G2896 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	to us	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σοί	soi	to you	G4771 →
υἱὲ	huie	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ;	theou	of God?	G2316 →
ἦλθες	ēlthes	Are You come	G2064 →
ὧδε	hōde	here	G5602 →
πρὸ	pro	before [the]	G4253 →
καιροῦ	kairou	time	G2540 →
βασανίσαι	basanisai	to torment	G928 →
ἡμᾶς;	hēmas	us?	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:19
You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
leads to
- Luke 4:34
  “Ha! 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!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 1:24
  “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!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 16:17
  This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 6:4
  Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Galatians 3:20
  A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
Through
Mark 1:24
“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!”
leads to
- James 2:19
  You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 3:14
  You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 3:7
  To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew