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681 B
681 B
What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth?
The demons ask this rhetorical question meaning there is no reason for Jesus to interfere with them and that they desire him to leave them. AT: "Jesus of Nazareth, leave us alone! There is no reason for you to interfere with us." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Have you come to destroy us?
The demons ask this rhetorical question to urge Jesus not to harm them. AT: "Do not destroy us!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
threw him down
Here the word "him" refers to the demon-possessed man.
while crying out with a loud voice
The demon is the one who is crying out, not the man.