SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:7
Clamando a gran voz, dijo: ¿Qu tienes conmigo, Jess, Hijo del Dios Altísimo? Te conjuro por Dios que no me atormentes.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 5:7
Verse 7. What have I to do with thee] Or, What is it to thee and me, or why dost thou trouble thyself with me? See on chap. i. 24, and Matt. viii. 29, where the idiom and meaning are explained. Jesus] This is omitted by four MSS., and by several in Luke viii. 28, and by many of the first authority in Matt. viii. 29. See the note on this latter place.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. And cried with a loud voice , etc..] The man possessed with the devil; or the devil in him, making use of his voice, expressing great fear, dread, and horror, at the appearance of Christ in these parts: and said, what have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God ? The devils in the man, own the being of a God, and his supreme government over all, under the title of the Most High. The word here used, answers to the Hebrew word, wyl [ , Elion, a name of God known to the ancient Canaanites: hence Melchizedek, a Canaanitish king, is called the priest of the most high God, ( Genesis 14:18). And among the Phoenicians, he is called Elion, which a Phoenician writer says, signifies the Most High; and hence in Plautus f69 , he goes by the name of Alon, which is the same word a little differently pronounced; and by the same name he might be known among other neighbouring nations of the Jews, and by the Gadarenes; and the devil now being in a Gadarene, makes use of, this name. Devils believe there is one God, and tremble at him; and they confess that Jesus of Nazareth, who was born of the virgin, according to the human nature, is the Son of God, according to his divine nature: and whereas they had no interest in him, as a Saviour, they desired they might have nothing to do with him as God; and since they had no share in the blessings of his grace, they beg they might not feel the power of his hand.
Truly they choose not to have any thing to do with God himself; they have cast off allegiance to him, and rebelled against him; and have left their estate, and departed from him; and still less do they care to have any thing to do with his Son: and indeed it seems as if it was the decree and counsel of God, made known unto them, that the Son of God should assume human nature, and in it be the head over principalities and powers, as well as men, which gave umbrage to them: upon which they apostatized from God, being unwilling to be under subjection to the man Christ Jesus; though whether they will or not, they are obliged unto it: for though they desire to have nothing to do with Christ, yet Christ has something to do with them; he had when he was here on earth, and when he hung upon the cross, and will have when he comes again to judge both quick and dead: they might be glad, one would think, to have to do with him as a Redeemer; but this they are not, their sin being the same with that against the Holy Ghost: they are malicious, obstinate, and inflexible, they cannot repent; and there is no pardon, nor was there any provided for them; they were passed by in the counsel and purposes of God's grace, and were not taken notice of in the covenant of grace: Christ took not on him their nature, but the nature of men; yea he came to destroy them, and their works; so that indeed they had nothing to do with him as a Saviour, though he had something to do with them as a judge, and which they dreaded: however, they own, and acknowledge him to be the Son of the most high God; they know and confess as much of him, and more too, than some that call themselves Christians, and hope to be saved by Christ; and yet at the same time own, they had nothing to do with him. Men may know much of Christ notionally; may know, and confess him to be God, to be the Son of God, in the highest and true sense of the phrase; to be the Messiah, to have been incarnate, to have suffered, died, and risen again: to be ascended to heaven, from whence he will come again; and yet have no more to do with him, or have no more interest in him, than the devils themselves; and will, at the last day, be bid to depart from him. I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not : not that he required an oath of Christ, that he would swear to him by the living God, that he would not distress him; but he most earnestly and importunately entreated and beseeched him, in the name of God; (see Luke 8:28), that he would not dispossess him from the man, and send him out of that country, to his own place, to his chains and prison; but suffer him either to lodge in the man, or walk about seeking, as a roaring lion, his prey: for it is torment to a devil to be cast out of a man, or to have his power curtailed, or to be confined in the bottomless pit, from doing hurt to men: (see Gill on Matthew 8:29).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-20 - Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicke courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of sin thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor wretched creature! Many there are that rise up against us. We are not match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; but in the Lord and in the power of his might, we shall be able to stand against them though there are legions of them. When the vilest transgressor i delivered by the power of Jesus from the bondage of Satan, he wil gladly sit at the feet of his Deliverer, and hear his word, wh delivers the wretched slaves of Satan, and numbers them among his saints and servants. When the people found that their swine were lost they had a dislike to Christ. Long-suffering and mercy may be seen even in the corrections by which men lose their property while their lives are saved, and warning given them to seek the salvation of their souls. The man joyfully proclaimed what great things Jesus had done for him. All men marvelled, but few followed him. Many who cannot but wonder at the works of Christ, yet do not, as they ought, wonder afte him.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ κραξας 2896 5660 V-AAP-NSM φωνη 5456 N-DSF μεγαλη 3173 A-DSF ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S τι 5101 I-NSN εμοι 1698 P-1DS και 2532 CONJ σοι 4671 P-2DS ιησου 2424 N-VSM υιε 5207 N-VSM του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM του 3588 T-GSM υψιστου 5310 A-GSM ορκιζω 3726 5719 V-PAI-1S σε 4571 P-2AS τον 3588 T-ASM θεον 2316 N-ASM μη 3361 PRT-N με 3165 P-1AS βασανισης 928 5661 V-AAS-2S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
7. Crying - he saith. The inarticulate cry (verse 5), and then the articulate speech.What have I to do with thee? (ti emoi kai soi;). Lit., what is there to me and thee? What have we in common?
I adjure thee by God. Stronger than Luke's I pray thee. The verb oJrkizw, I adjure, is condemned by the grammarians as inelegant.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:7 {I adjure thee by God} (horkizw se ton qeon). The demoniac puts Jesus on oath (two accusatives) after the startled outcry just like the one in #1:24, which see. He calls Jesus here "son of the Most High God" (huie tou qeou tou huyistou) as in #Lu 8:28 (cf. #Ge 14:18f.). {Torment me not} (me me basaniseis). Prohibition with me and the ingressive aorist subjunctive. The word means to test metals and qen to test one by torture (cf. our "third degree"). Same word in all three Gospels.
