²² The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught ·like [as] a person who had authority, not ·like [as] ·their teachers of the law [the scribes; ^Cexperts in the law of Moses]. ²³ Just then, a man was there in the synagogue who had an ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean] spirit in him. [^CDemons were viewed as “unclean” or defiling spirit-beings.] He shouted, 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!”