Mark 5:7

τ. θ. τοῦ ὑψίστου; Mt. has τοῦ θεοῦ only. Luke gives the full expression = the Son of God Most High. Which is the original? Weiss (Meyer) says Mt.'s, Mk. adding τ. ὑψ. to prepare for the appeal to One higher even than Jesus, in ὁρκίζω following. But why should not the demoniac himself do that? ὁρκίζω : in classics to make swear, in N. T. (here and in Acts 19:13) to adjure with double accusative; not good Greek according to Phryn.; ὁρκόω the right word. μή με βασανίσῃς : no πρὸ καιροῦ as in Mt., the reference apparently to the present torment of demoniac or demon, or both; either shrinking from cure felt to be impending.