in salome by Oscar Wilde yokanaan says to salome: " Get thee behind me! ... ." what is the exact meaning of this phrase?

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"Get behind some one" means " to support some one". here what yokanaan want to say salome?

Asked by kind p #344430 on 1/6/2014 1:17 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 1/6/2014 7:23 AM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/6/2014 7:23 AM

Jokanaan is ordering Salome to get away from him, in the same way that Jesus ordered the devil away after the third temptaton in the desert.

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