Matthew 8:29

And lo! they cried, and said, What to us and to thee, Jesus, the Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The 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?

In Context

28And when he was come over the water into the country of (the) men of Gergesenes, two men met him, that had devils (or who had demons), and came out of (the) graves (or from the tombs), full mad, [or going out from (the) burials, full fierce, or wicked], so that no man might go by that way.

30And not far from them was a flock of many swine [or a drove of many hogs] pasturing. (And not far from them was a herd of many pigs at pasture.)

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, Ye sons of Zeruiah, what is (it) to me and to you? Suffer ye him, that he curse, (or But the king said, Ye sons of Zeruiah, what is it to me, or to you? Allow ye him to curse me); forsooth the Lord hath commanded to him, that he should curse David; and who is he that dare say, Why did he so?

1 Kings 17:18Therefore she said to Elijah, What to me and to thee, thou man of God? Enteredest thou to me, that my wickedness should be remembered, and that thou shouldest slay my son?

Matthew 4:3And the tempter came nigh (or And the Tester came near), and said to him, If thou be God’s Son [or If thou art the Son of God], say that these stones be made (into) loaves.

Mark 3:11and unclean spirits, when they saw him, felled down to him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

Luke 4:34and said, Suffer, what to us and to thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to lose us? (or art thou come to destroy us?) I know thee, that thou art the holy (One) of God.

Luke 8:28This (man), when he saw Jesus, fell down before him, and he crying with a great voice said, (or and he cried with a loud voice, and said), What to me and to thee, Jesus, the Son of the Highest God? I beseech thee, that thou torment me not.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:29-34

The Devils Cast Out of Two Men. 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 a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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