Luke 8:30

Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered into him.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 come out from the man. For it had seized him at times, and he was bound, kept under guard, with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

31And he kept imploring Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

Mark 5:9And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary 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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