King James Version
Mark 1:24 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Mark chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
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“Saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“to do”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“thou Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“art thou come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“to destroy”
G622to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
“I know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“what”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“the Holy One”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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