Mark 5:9
And he asked hym, what is thy name? And he aunswered and sayd vnto hym: my name is legion, for we are many.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
In Context
8(For he sayde vnto hym: come out of the man thou foule spirite.)
10And he prayed hym instantly, that he woulde not sende them away, out of the countrey.
Cross References
Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites, worse then hym selfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: And the ende of that man, is worse then the begynnyng. Euen so shall it be also, vnto this frowarde generation.
Mark 5:15And came to Iesus, and sawe hym that was vexed with the fiende, and had the legion, syt, both clothed, and in his right mynde: & they were afraide.
Luke 11:21When a strong man armed, kepeth his palace, ye thynges that he possesseth are in peace.
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21
The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →