Luke 8:28

²⁶ Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.

²⁷ When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

²⁹ For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

³⁰ “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
KJV: 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.
WEB: When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
ASV: And 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 the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.
DARBY: But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.
BLB: And having seen Jesus, having cried out, he fell down before Him and said in a loud voice, “What [is it] to me and to You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!”

ÅB: Da han så Jesus, satte han i et skrik og falt ned for ham og sa med høy røst: Hva har jeg med deg å gjøre, Jesus, du den høyeste Guds Sønn? Jeg ber deg, pin meg ikke!
OTB: Da han så Jesus, skrek han ut og falt ned for hans føtter, ropte høyt: "Hva vil du meg, Jesus, Den Høyeste Guds Sønn? Jeg ber deg, ikke pin meg!"
B1930: Da han så Jesus, satte han i et skrik og falt ned for ham og sa med høi røst: Hvad har jeg med dig å gjøre, Jesus, du den høieste Guds Sønn? Jeg ber dig, pin mig ikke!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 8:29
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
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2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
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Mark 1:24–27
“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
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Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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Acts 16:16–18
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
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Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
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Revelation 20:1–3
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
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1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
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