Luke 8:30

Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion” (because many demons 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

29because He had commanded the unclean spirit to get out of the man (it had seized him many times—he would be bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard; then bursting the bonds he would be driven by the demon into deserted places).

31And he kept imploring Him that He would not order them to go away into the Abyss.

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Cross References

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

Mark 5:9Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion is my name, because we are many.”

Luke 8:2also certain women who had been healed of malignant spirits and infirmities: Mary (the one 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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