Luke 8:30

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

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In The King James Version

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

In Context

29For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

31And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

Mark 5:9And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

Luke 8:2And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →

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