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Mat_8:29. Τί ἡμῖν κ . σοί ] See on Joh_2:4. The demons according to their nature, already recognise in Jesus, the Messiah, their mighty and most dangerous enemy, and “cum terrore appellant filium Dei,” Bengel.
πρὸ καιροῦ ] prematurely, i.e. before the Messianic judgment (Mat_25:41).
βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς ] to hurl us, as servants of Satan, down to the torments of Hades (Luk_16:23; Rev_14:10; Rev_20:10). The lunatics identify themselves with the demons by whom they are possessed. It is plain, however, from their very language that they were Jews, and not Gentiles (Casaubon, Neander).