34. ἔα. Omit λέγων, with אBL. The word Ea! may be not the imperative of ἐάω (‘desist!’) but a wild cry of horror, ‘Ha!’
τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί; The demon speaks in the plural, merging his individuality in that of all evil powers. (Mat 8:29; Mar 5:9.) For the phrase see Luk 8:28; 2Sa 16:10; 2Sa 19:22; 1Ki 17:18; Joh 2:4.
ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς. “The devils also believe and tremble,” Jam 2:19.