Luke 4 · Verse 34

Luke 4:34

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Luke 4:34, King James Version

Luke 4:34 in other translations

BSB“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
WEBsaying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”
ASVAh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
YLTsaying, ‘Away, what--to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art--the Holy One of God.'
DARBYsaying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
BBELet us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.
WebsterSaying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

What does Luke 4:34 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 34. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

(3) "Let us alone" or "away" (c) "What have we to do with thee" Jas 2:19 (d) "I know thee" Lk 4:41 (e) "the Holy One of God" Ps 16:10, Dan 9:24, Lk 1:35, Acts 3:14

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:31-44

Christ's preaching much affected the people; and a working power went with it to the consciences of men. These miracles showed Christ to be a controller and conqueror of Satan, a healer of diseases. Where Christ gives a new life, in recovery from sickness, it should be a new life, spent more than ever in his service, to his glory. Our business should be to spread abroad Christ's fame in every place, to beseech him…

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Luke 4:34 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἔα,eaHa!G1436
τίtiWhatG5101
ἡμῖνhēminto usG3165
καὶkaiandG2532
σοί,soito You,G4771
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
Ναζαρηνέ;Nazarēneof Nazareth?G3479
ἦλθεςēlthesAre You comeG2064
ἀπολέσαιapolesaito destroyG622
ἡμᾶς;hēmasus?G3165
οἶδάoidaI know
σεseYouG4771
τίςtiswhoG5101
εἶ,eiare,G1510
ὁhotheG3588
ἅγιοςhagiosHoly [One]G40
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦ.theouof God.G2316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 4:34

  • Mark 1:24

    Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  • James 2:19

    Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

  • Matthew 8:29

    And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

  • Revelation 3:7

    And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

  • Luke 1:35

    And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

  • Acts 3:14

    But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • Luke 4:41

    And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

  • Revelation 20:2

    And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

  • Acts 2:27

    Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

  • Luke 8:37

    Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

  • Hebrews 2:14

    Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let us alone. or, Away.
8:37; Ac 16:39
what.
41; 8:28; Mt 8:29; Mr 1:24,34; 5:7; Jas 2:19
art.
Ge 3:15; Heb 2:14; 1Jo 3:8; Re 20:2
the Holy One.
1:35; Ps 16:10; Da 9:24; Ac 2:27; 3:14; 4:27; Re 3:7

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Context

  • Luke 4:33

    And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

  • Luke 4:34

    Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

  • Luke 4:35

    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

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Luke 4:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Diciendo: Déjanos, ¿qué tenemos contigo, Jesús Nazareno? ¿has venido á destruirnos? Yo te conozco quién eres, el Santo de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
disant: Ha! qu’y a-t-il entre nous et toi, Jésus Nazarénien? Es-tu venu pour nous détruire? Je te connais, qui tu es: le Saint de Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sprach: Laß ab! was haben wir mit dir zu schaffen, Jesu, Nazarener? Bist du gekommen, uns zu verderben? Ich kenne dich, wer du bist: der Heilige Gottes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
dicens: Sine, quid nobis et tibi, Jesu Nazarene? venisti perdere nos? scio te quis sis, Sanctus Dei.