²⁴ “Jesus ·of Nazareth [the Nazarene]! ·What do you want with us? [Let us alone!; What business do we have with each other? ^LWhat to us and to you?] Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”

²⁵ Jesus ·commanded [reprimanded; rebuked] the evil spirit, “Be quiet! Come out of the man!” ²⁶ The ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean] spirit ·shook the man violently [threw him into convulsions], gave a ·loud cry [shriek], and then came out of him.