Let us alone] Me and my fellows that go up and down in Judea.
thou Jesus of Nazareth?] Because he was bred there, though he were born at Bethlehem. See Matthew 2:23.
art thou come to destroy] To send us into hell-torments, Matthew 8:29. Or, restrain us from doing mischief, which is a torment to us.
us?] The devil are already by God adjudged to eternall condemnation; but yet they shall not be fully tormented before the end of this world, 2 Peter 2:4. Jude v. 6.
the holy One of God] The holy Saviour of the world, figured by the high priests title, Exodus 28:3. 6. and foretold, Daniel 9:24.