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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?

KJV

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔκραξαν λέγοντες, τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί, υἱὲ τοῦ θεοῦ; ἦλθες ὧδε πρὸ καιροῦ βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς;

Greek NT

Et ecce clamaverunt, dicentes : Quid nobis et tibi, Jesu fili Dei ? Venisti huc ante tempus torquere nos ?

Vulgate

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?

ASV

And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασανίζω
basanizo
verb · 12×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: σοί | WH/Treg/NIV: σοί | RP: + Ἰησοῦ
  • σοί — SBLGNT
  • σοί — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + Ἰησοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Now when He is departed from the sea, there follows another miracle yet more awful. For men possessed with devils, like wicked runaways at sight of their master, said, What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time? Matthew 8:29 For, because the multitudes called Him man, the devils came proclaiming His Godhead, and they …
1. There is nothing worse, nothing more shameful, than gluttony; it makes the mind gross, and the soul carnal; it blinds, and permits not to see clearly. Observe, for instance, how this is the case with the Jews; for because they were intent upon gluttony, entirely occupied with worldly things, and without any spiritual thoughts, though Christ leads them on by ten thousand sayi…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210225.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210231.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 23.—What Hermes Trismegistus Thought Concerning Idolatry, and from What Source He Knew that the Superstitions of Egypt Were to Be Abolished. The Egyptian Hermes, whom they call Trismegistus, had a different opinion concerning those demons. Apuleius, indeed, denies that they are gods; but when he says that they hold a middle place between the gods and men, so that they s…
Chapter 1.—That Although God is Always Judging, It is Nevertheless Reasonable to Confine Our Attention in This Book to His Last Judgment. Intending to speak, in dependence on God’s grace, of the day of His final judgment, and to affirm it against the ungodly and incredulous, we must first of all lay, as it were, in the foundation of the edifice the divine declarations. Those pe…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:4 — For 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;
  • 2Pet 2:4 — For 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;
  • 2Sam 16:10 — And 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?
  • Acts 16:17 — The 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.
  • Acts 19:15 — And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
  • Heb 10:27 — But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  • Jas 2:19 — Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
  • Jas 2:19 — Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
  • Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
  • John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
  • John 2:4 — Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
  • John 2:4 — Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
  • Jude 1:6 — And 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.
  • Luke 4:9 — And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
  • Luke 4:34 — 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.
  • Luke 4:34 — 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.
  • Luke 4:41 — And 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.
  • Luke 8:28 — When 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.
  • Luke 8:28 — When 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.
  • Luke 8:30 — And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
  • Mark 1:24 — 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.
  • Mark 1:24 — 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.
  • Mark 3:11 — And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
  • Mark 5:7 — 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.
  • Mark 5:7 — 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.
  • Matt 2:3 — When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Matt 4:3 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
  • Matt 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  • Ps 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
  • Rev 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,