King James Version
Matthew 8:29 in the King James Version says “And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torme...” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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?”
Matthew 8:29 · KJV
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
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.
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?
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they cried out”
G2896properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e., (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
“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
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“thou Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“art thou come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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