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And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
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And there was in their synagogue a man [possessed] by an unclean spirit, and he cried out
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saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God.
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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace and come out of him.
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And the unclean spirit, having torn him, and uttered a cry with a loud voice, came out of him.
Footnotes 2
[a].
The imperative of the verb 'to let alone,' but used as an interjection, as a cry of dissatisfaction.
[b].
The force of 'Nazarene' here is simply, I apprehend, 'of Nazareth.' The word is different from that translated 'Nazaraean' in Matt. 2.23 and elsewhere.