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34 “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?[a] I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”(A)

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  1. 4:34 What have you to do with us?: see note on Jn 2:4. Have you come to destroy us?: the question reflects the current belief that before the day of the Lord control over humanity would be wrested from the evil spirits, evil destroyed, and God’s authority over humanity reestablished. The synoptic gospel tradition presents Jesus carrying out this task.

29 They cried out, “What have you to do with us,[a] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”

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  1. 8:29 What have you to do with us?: see note on Jn 2:4. Before the appointed time: the notion that evil spirits were allowed by God to afflict human beings until the time of the final judgment is found in Enoch 16:1 and Jubilees 10:7–10.

11 [a]And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, “You are the Son of God.”(A) 12 He warned them sternly not to make him known.

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  1. 3:11–12 See note on Mk 1:24–25.