Section 5
out demons from possessed people so that they might be delivered from Satan's bondage (Luke 13:16), out of Satan's authority of darkness (Acts 26:18; Col. 1:13), into God's kingdom. In Luke 4:34 the demon said, "Ah! What do we have to do with You, Jesus, Nazarene? Did You come to destroy us? I know You, who You are, the Holy One of God!" "Ah!" is an interjection of anger or dismay. The Greek word may be translated, "Let us alone." The Greek words ren dered, "What do we have to do with You?" liter ally mean, "What to us and to You?" This is a Hebrew idiom.
Verse 35 says, "And Jesus rebuked him, say ing, Be quiet and come out from him! And throw ing him down in the midst, the demon came out from him without harming him at all." Literally, the Greek word rendered "quiet" means muz zled.
After the Lord cast out the demon, "amaze ment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What is this word? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out" (v. 36). Here we see that the Man-Savior has both authority and power to cast out demons. For His ministry He