Luke 8:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God most high? I beg you, torment me not.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When he 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, do not torment me!"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when{G1161} he saw{G1492} Jesus,{G2532} he cried out,{G349} and fell down{G4363} before him,{G846} and{G2532} with a loud{G3173} voice{G5456} said,{G2036} What{G5101} have I{G1698} to do{G2532} with thee,{G4671} Jesus,{G2424} thou Son{G5207} of the Most High{G5310} God?{G2316} I beseech{G1189} thee,{G4675} torment{G928} me{G3165} not.{G3361}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    When{G1161} he saw{G1492}{(G5631)} Jesus{G2424}, he cried out{G349}{(G5660)}, and{G2532} fell down before{G4363}{(G5627)} him{G846}, and{G2532} with a loud{G3173} voice{G5456} said{G2036}{(G5627)}, What{G5101} have I{G1698} to do with{G2532} thee{G4671}, Jesus{G2424}, thou Son{G5207} of God{G2316} most high{G5310}? I beseech{G1189}{(G5736)} thee{G4675}, torment{G928}{(G5661)} me{G3165} not{G3361}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When he sawe Iesus he cryed and fell doune before him and with a loude voyce sayde: What have I to do with the Iesus the sonne of the God moost hyest? I beseche the torment me not.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuertheles wha he sawe Iesus, he cried, and fell downe before him, and cried loude, & sayde: What haue I to do with the Iesus, thou sonne of the Hyest God? I beseke the, that thou wilt not tormete me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when he sawe Iesus, he cryed out and fell downe before him, and with a loude voyce sayd, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of God the most High? I beseech thee torment me not.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    When he sawe Iesus, and had cryed, he fell downe before hym, and with a loude voyce sayde: What haue I to do with thee Iesus, thou sonne of God most hyest? I beseche thee torment me not.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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!"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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!"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?
  • Mark 1:24-27 : 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit convulsed him and cried with a loud voice, it came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
  • Mark 5:6-8 : 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me. 8 For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
  • Luke 4:33-36 : 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, Let us alone; what do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are; the Holy One of God. 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him in the midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36 And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What kind of word is this! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.
  • Luke 8:37-38 : 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about begged him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. 38 Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
  • Acts 16:16-18 : 16 And it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation. 18 And she did this for many days. But Paul, being greatly troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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    2 And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

    4 Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him.

    5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

    6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him,

    7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me.

    8 For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

    9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

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    28 And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?

    30 And there was a good distance from them a herd of many swine feeding.

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    26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

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    30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.

    31 And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

    32 And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them.

    33 Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

    34 When those who fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

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    36 They also who saw it told them by what means he who was possessed by the demons was healed.

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    38 Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

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    33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

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    35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him in the midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.

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    23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

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    16 And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been possessed with the demon, and also concerning the pigs.

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    38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Master, I beg you, look at my son, for he is my only child.

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    25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more.

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    38 And he cried out, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

    39 And those who went ahead rebuked him, that he should keep silent: but he cried out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

    40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought to him: and when he had come near, he asked him,

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