Luke 8:30

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him, and he was bound with chains, and kept in fetters; and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.

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

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Cross References

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

Mark 5:9And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

Luke 8:2And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

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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