Luke 8:30

And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.

Darby Translation

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 had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

31And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?

Mark 5:9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of wicked spirits and infirmities, Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons 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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