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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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Footnotes

  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.

34 “Go away! What do you want with us,(A) Jesus of Nazareth?(B) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are(C)—the Holy One of God!”(D)

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